#BC536A#BC536A

#BC536A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 8.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC536A
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 106)
HSL	hsl(347, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(347, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 44.48, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 45.17, 10.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1351 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.137 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4355, 17.9214, 15.6999)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC536A #53BCA5

analogous

#BC539E #BC536A #BC7053

triadic

#BC536A #6ABC53 #536ABC

tetradic

#BC536A #9EBC53 #53BCA5 #7053BC

square

#BC536A #9EBC53 #53BCA5 #7053BC

split-complementary

#BC536A #53BC70 #539EBC

monochromatic

#6B2A38 #973B4F #BC536A #CD7F90 #DEABB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC536A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC536A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC536A

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC536A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC536A	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc536a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48794',
    500: '#bc536a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc536a;
$custom-light: #d48794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc536a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58116,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC536A

secondary

#9FCCC2

accent

#D4B854

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC536A

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

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