#BC424B#BC424B

#BC424B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.157 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC424B
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 49.60, 21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 54.13, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1476 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.157 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9595, 15.0990, 8.3080)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC424B #42BCB3

analogous

#BC4288 #BC424B #BC7642

triadic

#BC424B #4BBC42 #424BBC

tetradic

#BC424B #88BC42 #42BCB3 #7642BC

square

#BC424B #88BC42 #42BCB3 #7642BC

split-complementary

#BC424B #42BC76 #4288BC

monochromatic

#612227 #8F3239 #BC424B #CC6F76 #DC9CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#BC424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BC424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC424B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC424B	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.157 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d7d',
    500: '#bc424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc424b;
$custom-light: #d67d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55169,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC424B

secondary

#91C9C4

accent

#D8CE50

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC424B

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

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