#BC574B#BC574B

#BC574B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC574B
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 75)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 39.73, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 47.76, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1166 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.133 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4194, 18.0188, 8.7946)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC574B #4BB0BC

analogous

#BC4B78 #BC574B #BC904B

triadic

#BC574B #4BBC57 #574BBC

tetradic

#BC574B #78BC4B #4BB0BC #904BBC

square

#BC574B #78BC4B #4BB0BC #904BBC

split-complementary

#BC574B #4BBC90 #4B78BC

monochromatic

#662D26 #934137 #BC574B #CD8178 #DDAAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC574B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC574B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC574B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC574B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC574B	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc574b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6897d',
    500: '#bc574b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc574b;
$custom-light: #d6897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc574b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57995,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC574B

secondary

#99C5CA

accent

#C8D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC574B

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

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