#BC4243#BC4243

#BC4243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.157 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4243
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 49.08, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 55.68, 28.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1444 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.157 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7027, 14.9963, 6.9556)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4243 #42BCBB

analogous

#BC4280 #BC4243 #BC7E42

triadic

#BC4243 #43BC42 #4243BC

tetradic

#BC4243 #80BC42 #42BCBB #7E42BC

square

#BC4243 #80BC42 #42BCBB #7E42BC

split-complementary

#BC4243 #42BC7E #4280BC

monochromatic

#612223 #8F3233 #BC4243 #CC6F70 #DC9C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BC4243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BC4243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4243

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4243	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.157 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d77',
    500: '#bc4243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4243;
$custom-light: #d77d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.508,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55019,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4243

secondary

#91C9C8

accent

#D8D750

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4243

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

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