#BC4147#BC4147

#BC4147 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.158 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4147
RGB	rgb(188, 65, 71)
HSL	hsl(357, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 49.76, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 55.16, 25.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1474 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.158 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7690, 14.9301, 7.5902)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4147 #41BCB6

analogous

#BC4185 #BC4147 #BC7841

triadic

#BC4147 #47BC41 #4147BC

tetradic

#BC4147 #85BC41 #41BCB6 #7841BC

square

#BC4147 #85BC41 #41BCB6 #7841BC

split-complementary

#BC4147 #41BC78 #4185BC

monochromatic

#612225 #8F3136 #BC4147 #CD6E72 #DC9B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#BC4147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC4147 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4147

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4147	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 65, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.158 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77c7a',
    500: '#bc4147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4147;
$custom-light: #d77c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54973,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4147

secondary

#90C9C6

accent

#D8D250

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4147

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

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