#BC4441#BC4441

#BC4441 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.156 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4441
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 65)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 48.08, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 55.57, 30.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1409 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.156 25)
XYZ	xyz(23.7627, 15.2105, 6.6846)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4441 #41B9BC

analogous

#BC417C #BC4441 #BC8141

triadic

#BC4441 #41BC44 #4441BC

tetradic

#BC4441 #7CBC41 #41B9BC #8141BC

square

#BC4441 #7CBC41 #41B9BC #8141BC

split-complementary

#BC4441 #41BC81 #417CBC

monochromatic

#612322 #8F3431 #BC4441 #CD706E #DC9D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#BC4441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#BC4441 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4441

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4441	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.156 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e75',
    500: '#bc4441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4441;
$custom-light: #d77e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55228,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.15207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4441

secondary

#90C7C9

accent

#D5D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4441

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

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