#BC554E#BC554E

#BC554E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.135 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC554E
RGBrgb(188, 85, 78)
HSLhsl(4, 45%, 52%)
HSVhsv(4, 59%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 54.8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(49.18, 40.96, 24.32)
CIE-LCHlch(49.18, 47.63, 30.70°)
OKLaboklab(57.76% 0.1209 0.0591)
OKLCHoklch(57.76% 0.135 26)
XYZxyz(25.3648, 17.7415, 9.2950)
Luminance0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC554E #4EB5BC
analogous
#BC4E7E #BC554E #BC8C4E
triadic
#BC554E #4EBC55 #554EBC
tetradic
#BC554E #7EBC4E #4EB5BC #8C4EBC
square
#BC554E #7EBC4E #4EB5BC #8C4EBC
split-complementary
#BC554E #4EBC8C #4E7EBC
monochromatic
#682C27 #953E38 #BC554E #CD807A #DEAAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62
#BC554E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55
#BC554E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC554E
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC554E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC554E1.004.624.554.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E674D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#887D4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD4354
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.135 26.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5887f',
    500: '#bc554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc554e;
$custom-light: #d5887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57755,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.17738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC554E
secondary
#9BC8CB
accent
#CDD553
background
#FDF8F7
surface
#FBF0EE
border
#D4CBC9
text
#150C0A
muted
#837D7C

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#BC554E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva