#BC4348#BC4348

#BC4348 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.156 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4348
RGB	rgb(188, 67, 72)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 48.97, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 54.36, 25.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.145 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.156 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9182, 15.1768, 7.7996)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4348 #43BCB7

analogous

#BC4384 #BC4348 #BC7B43

triadic

#BC4348 #48BC43 #4348BC

tetradic

#BC4348 #84BC43 #43BCB7 #7B43BC

square

#BC4348 #84BC43 #43BCB7 #7B43BC

split-complementary

#BC4348 #43BC7B #4384BC

monochromatic

#622325 #8F3337 #BC4348 #CC7074 #DC9DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#BC4348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC4348 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4348

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4348	1.00	5.20	4.03	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 67, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.156 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d7b',
    500: '#bc4348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4348;
$custom-light: #d77d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.521,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55231,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4348

secondary

#92C9C6

accent

#D7D251

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4348

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

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