#BC4244#BC4244

#BC4244 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.157 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4244
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 68)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 49.14, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 55.47, 27.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1448 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.157 23)
XYZ	xyz(23.7330, 15.0084, 7.1149)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4244 #42BCBA

analogous

#BC4281 #BC4244 #BC7D42

triadic

#BC4244 #44BC42 #4244BC

tetradic

#BC4244 #81BC42 #42BCBA #7D42BC

square

#BC4244 #81BC42 #42BCBA #7D42BC

split-complementary

#BC4244 #42BC7D #4281BC

monochromatic

#612223 #8F3234 #BC4244 #CC6F70 #DC9C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BC4244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BC4244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4244

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4244	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)

#625C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.157 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d78',
    500: '#bc4244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4244;
$custom-light: #d77d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55037,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4244

secondary

#91C9C8

accent

#D8D550

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4244

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

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