#BC4139#BC4139

#BC4139 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4139
RGB	rgb(188, 65, 57)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 48.94, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 58.38, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.142 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.16 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3703, 14.7707, 5.4905)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4139 #39B4BC

analogous

#BC3972 #BC4139 #BC8239

triadic

#BC4139 #39BC41 #4139BC

tetradic

#BC4139 #72BC39 #39B4BC #8239BC

square

#BC4139 #72BC39 #39B4BC #8239BC

split-complementary

#BC4139 #39BC82 #3972BC

monochromatic

#5E211D #8D312B #BC4139 #D06963 #DE9692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC4139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC4139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4139

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4139	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 65, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c70',
    500: '#bc4139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4139;
$custom-light: #d87c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.664,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54737,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4139

secondary

#88C5C9

accent

#D4DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4139

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

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