#BC4045#BC4045

#BC4045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.159 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4045
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 50.06, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 55.84, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1479 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.159 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6490, 14.7911, 7.2387)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4045 #40BCB7

analogous

#BC4083 #BC4045 #BC7940

triadic

#BC4045 #45BC40 #4045BC

tetradic

#BC4045 #83BC40 #40BCB7 #7940BC

square

#BC4045 #83BC40 #40BCB7 #7940BC

split-complementary

#BC4045 #40BC79 #4083BC

monochromatic

#612123 #8E3034 #BC4045 #CD6C70 #DD9A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC4045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC4045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4045

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4045	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.159 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77c78',
    500: '#bc4045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4045;
$custom-light: #d77c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54818,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4045

secondary

#8FC9C6

accent

#D9D34F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4045

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

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