#BC554D#BC554D

#BC554D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.135 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC554D
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(4, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 40.88, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 47.86, 31.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1205 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.135 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3292, 17.7272, 9.1076)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC554D #4DB4BC

analogous

#BC4D7D #BC554D #BC8C4D

triadic

#BC554D #4DBC55 #554DBC

tetradic

#BC554D #7DBC4D #4DB4BC #8C4DBC

square

#BC554D #7DBC4D #4DB4BC #8C4DBC

split-complementary

#BC554D #4DBC8C #4D7DBC

monochromatic

#682C27 #943E38 #BC554D #CD7F79 #DDAAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC554D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC554D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC554D	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)

#6E674C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.135 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5887f',
    500: '#bc554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc554d;
$custom-light: #d5887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.324,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57737,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC554D

secondary

#9AC7CB

accent

#CCD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC554D

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

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