#BC545B#BC545B

#BC545B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.134 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC545B
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 42.53, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 45.68, 21.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1276 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.134 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7997, 17.7903, 11.9707)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC545B #54BCB5

analogous

#BC548F #BC545B #BC8154

triadic

#BC545B #5BBC54 #545BBC

tetradic

#BC545B #8FBC54 #54BCB5 #8154BC

square

#BC545B #8FBC54 #54BCB5 #8154BC

split-complementary

#BC545B #54BC81 #548FBC

monochromatic

#6B2A2F #973B42 #BC545B #CD8085 #DEACAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC545B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC545B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC545B	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.134 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58789',
    500: '#bc545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc545b;
$custom-light: #d58789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57882,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC545B

secondary

#A0CCC9

accent

#D3CB54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC545B

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

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