#BC4240#BC4240

#BC4240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.158 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4240
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 48.90, 28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 56.36, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1433 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.158 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6151, 14.9612, 6.4938)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4240 #40BABC

analogous

#BC407C #BC4240 #BC8040

triadic

#BC4240 #40BC42 #4240BC

tetradic

#BC4240 #7CBC40 #40BABC #8040BC

square

#BC4240 #7CBC40 #40BABC #8040BC

split-complementary

#BC4240 #40BC80 #407CBC

monochromatic

#612221 #8E3230 #BC4240 #CD6E6C #DD9B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4240

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4240	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.158 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d75',
    500: '#bc4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4240;
$custom-light: #d77d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54967,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4240

secondary

#8FC8C9

accent

#D7D94F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4240

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

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