#BC535E#BC535E

#BC535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC535E
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 43.29, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 45.72, 18.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1304 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.136 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8546, 17.6890, 12.6403)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC535E #53BCB1

analogous

#BC5392 #BC535E #BC7C53

triadic

#BC535E #5EBC53 #535EBC

tetradic

#BC535E #92BC53 #53BCB1 #7C53BC

square

#BC535E #92BC53 #53BCB1 #7C53BC

split-complementary

#BC535E #53BC7C #5392BC

monochromatic

#6B2A30 #973B44 #BC535E #CD7F87 #DEABB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC535E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC535E	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5878b',
    500: '#bc535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc535e;
$custom-light: #d5878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC535E

secondary

#9FCCC7

accent

#D4C654

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC535E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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