#BC554C#BC554C

#BC554C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.135 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC554C
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 76)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 40.81, 25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 48.09, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1201 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.135 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2942, 17.7132, 8.9231)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC554C #4CB3BC

analogous

#BC4C7B #BC554C #BC8D4C

triadic

#BC554C #4CBC55 #554CBC

tetradic

#BC554C #7BBC4C #4CB3BC #8D4CBC

square

#BC554C #7BBC4C #4CB3BC #8D4CBC

split-complementary

#BC554C #4CBC8D #4C7BBC

monochromatic

#672C27 #943F37 #BC554C #CD7F79 #DDAAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC554C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC554C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC554C

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC554C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC554C	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc554c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.135 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6887e',
    500: '#bc554c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc554c;
$custom-light: #d6887e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc554c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.821,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57718,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC554C

secondary

#99C7CA

accent

#CBD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC554C

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

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