#BC4340#BC4340

#BC4340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.157 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4340
RGB	rgb(188, 67, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 48.46, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 56.09, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1419 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.157 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6740, 15.0791, 6.5134)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4340 #40B9BC

analogous

#BC407B #BC4340 #BC8140

triadic

#BC4340 #40BC43 #4340BC

tetradic

#BC4340 #7BBC40 #40B9BC #8140BC

square

#BC4340 #7BBC40 #40B9BC #8140BC

split-complementary

#BC4340 #40BC81 #407BBC

monochromatic

#612221 #8E3330 #BC4340 #CD6F6C #DD9B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BC4340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BC4340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4340

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4340	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 67, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.157 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d75',
    500: '#bc4340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4340;
$custom-light: #d77d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55088,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4340

secondary

#8FC7C9

accent

#D5D94F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4340

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

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