#BC4442#BC4442

#BC4442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.155 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4442
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 48.14, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 55.34, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1413 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.155 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7919, 15.2222, 6.8386)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4442 #42BABC

analogous

#BC427D #BC4442 #BC8142

triadic

#BC4442 #42BC44 #4442BC

tetradic

#BC4442 #7DBC42 #42BABC #8142BC

square

#BC4442 #7DBC42 #42BABC #8142BC

split-complementary

#BC4442 #42BC81 #427DBC

monochromatic

#612322 #8F3432 #BC4442 #CC706F #DC9D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#BC4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#BC4442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4442

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4442	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.155 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e76',
    500: '#bc4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4442;
$custom-light: #d77e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4442

secondary

#91C8C9

accent

#D5D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4442

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

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