#BC4140#BC4140

#BC4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.159 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4140
RGB	rgb(188, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 49.32, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 56.64, 29.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1446 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.159 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5571, 14.8454, 6.4745)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4140 #40BBBC

analogous

#BC407D #BC4140 #BC7F40

triadic

#BC4140 #40BC41 #4140BC

tetradic

#BC4140 #7DBC40 #40BBBC #7F40BC

square

#BC4140 #7DBC40 #40BBBC #7F40BC

split-complementary

#BC4140 #40BC7F #407DBC

monochromatic

#612121 #8E3130 #BC4140 #CD6D6C #DD9A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#BC4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#BC4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4140

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4140	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.159 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77c75',
    500: '#bc4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4140;
$custom-light: #d77c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54848,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4140

secondary

#8FC8C9

accent

#D8D94F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4140

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

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