#BC535F#BC535F

#BC535F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC535F
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 95)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 43.39, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 45.63, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1308 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.136 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8998, 17.7071, 12.8781)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC535F #53BCB0

analogous

#BC5393 #BC535F #BC7B53

triadic

#BC535F #5FBC53 #535FBC

tetradic

#BC535F #93BC53 #53BCB0 #7B53BC

square

#BC535F #93BC53 #53BCB0 #7B53BC

split-complementary

#BC535F #53BC7B #5393BC

monochromatic

#6B2A31 #973B45 #BC535F #CD7F88 #DEABB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC535F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC535F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC535F

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC535F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC535F	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc535f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5878c',
    500: '#bc535f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc535f;
$custom-light: #d5878c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc535f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC535F

secondary

#9FCCC7

accent

#D4C554

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC535F

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

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