#BC4041#BC4041

#BC4041 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4041
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 65)
HSL	hsl(360, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(360, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, 49.81, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 56.69, 28.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1464 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.16 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5290, 14.7431, 6.6067)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4041 #40BCBB

analogous

#BC407F #BC4041 #BC7D40

triadic

#BC4041 #41BC40 #4041BC

tetradic

#BC4041 #7FBC40 #40BCBB #7D40BC

square

#BC4041 #7FBC40 #40BCBB #7D40BC

split-complementary

#BC4041 #40BC7D #407FBC

monochromatic

#612121 #8E3031 #BC4041 #CD6C6D #DD9A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#BC4041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC4041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4041

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4041	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b75',
    500: '#bc4041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4041;
$custom-light: #d77b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54747,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4041

secondary

#8FC9C8

accent

#D9D84F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4041

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

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