#BC554A#BC554A

#BC554A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.135 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC554A
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 40.66, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 48.58, 33.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1193 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.135 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2258, 17.6858, 8.5625)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC554A #4AB1BC

analogous

#BC4A78 #BC554A #BC8E4A

triadic

#BC554A #4ABC55 #554ABC

tetradic

#BC554A #78BC4A #4AB1BC #8E4ABC

square

#BC554A #78BC4A #4AB1BC #8E4ABC

split-complementary

#BC554A #4ABC8E #4A78BC

monochromatic

#662C26 #933F36 #BC554A #CD7F77 #DDA9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC554A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC554A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC554A	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.135 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6887c',
    500: '#bc554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc554a;
$custom-light: #d6887c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57682,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC554A

secondary

#98C5CA

accent

#C9D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC554A

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

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