#BC4241#BC4241

#BC4241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.158 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4241
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 65)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 48.95, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 56.13, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1437 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.158 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6438, 14.9727, 6.6450)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4241 #41BBBC

analogous

#BC417D #BC4241 #BC8041

triadic

#BC4241 #41BC42 #4241BC

tetradic

#BC4241 #7DBC41 #41BBBC #8041BC

square

#BC4241 #7DBC41 #41BBBC #8041BC

split-complementary

#BC4241 #41BC80 #417DBC

monochromatic

#612222 #8F3231 #BC4241 #CD6E6E #DC9C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC4241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC4241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4241

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4241	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)

#625B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.158 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d75',
    500: '#bc4241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4241;
$custom-light: #d77d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.488,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54984,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4241

secondary

#90C8C9

accent

#D7D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4241

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

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