#BC536B#BC536B

#BC536B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 8.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC536B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 107)
HSL	hsl(346, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(346, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 44.58, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 45.18, 9.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1355 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.137 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4878, 17.9423, 15.9754)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC536B #53BCA4

analogous

#BC539F #BC536B #BC6F53

triadic

#BC536B #6BBC53 #536BBC

tetradic

#BC536B #9FBC53 #53BCA4 #6F53BC

square

#BC536B #9FBC53 #53BCA4 #6F53BC

split-complementary

#BC536B #53BC6F #539FBC

monochromatic

#6B2A39 #973B50 #BC536B #CD7F91 #DEABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC536B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC536B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC536B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC536B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC536B	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc536b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48795',
    500: '#bc536b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc536b;
$custom-light: #d48795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc536b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58144,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC536B

secondary

#9FCCC2

accent

#D4B754

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC536B

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

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