#BC545D#BC545D

#BC545D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.134 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC545D
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 93)
HSL	hsl(355, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 42.71, 15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 45.45, 19.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1284 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.134 17)
XYZ	xyz(25.8871, 17.8253, 12.4312)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC545D #54BCB3

analogous

#BC5491 #BC545D #BC7F54

triadic

#BC545D #5DBC54 #545DBC

tetradic

#BC545D #91BC54 #54BCB3 #7F54BC

square

#BC545D #91BC54 #54BCB3 #7F54BC

split-complementary

#BC545D #54BC7F #5491BC

monochromatic

#6B2A30 #973B43 #BC545D #CD8087 #DEACB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC545D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC545D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC545D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC545D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC545D	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc545d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.134 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5888a',
    500: '#bc545d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc545d;
$custom-light: #d5888a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc545d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.808,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57928,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.17822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC545D

secondary

#A0CCC8

accent

#D3C854

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC545D

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

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