#BC545E#BC545E

#BC545E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC545E
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 42.80, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 45.34, 19.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1288 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.134 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9317, 17.8431, 12.6660)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC545E #54BCB2

analogous

#BC5492 #BC545E #BC7E54

triadic

#BC545E #5EBC54 #545EBC

tetradic

#BC545E #92BC54 #54BCB2 #7E54BC

square

#BC545E #92BC54 #54BCB2 #7E54BC

split-complementary

#BC545E #54BC7E #5492BC

monochromatic

#6B2A30 #973B44 #BC545E #CD8087 #DEACB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BC545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC545E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC545E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5888b',
    500: '#bc545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc545e;
$custom-light: #d5888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC545E

secondary

#A0CCC8

accent

#D3C754

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC545E

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

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