#BC5448#BC5448

#BC5448 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5448
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 72)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 41.02, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 49.36, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1201 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.137 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0813, 17.5030, 8.1873)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5448 #48B0BC

analogous

#BC4876 #BC5448 #BC8E48

triadic

#BC5448 #48BC54 #5448BC

tetradic

#BC5448 #76BC48 #48B0BC #8E48BC

square

#BC5448 #76BC48 #48B0BC #8E48BC

split-complementary

#BC5448 #48BC8E #4876BC

monochromatic

#652B25 #923F35 #BC5448 #CC7E75 #DDA8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC5448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC5448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5448

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5448	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877b',
    500: '#bc5448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5448;
$custom-light: #d6877b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57501,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5448

secondary

#96C4CA

accent

#C8D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5448

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

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