#BC4448#BC4448

#BC4448 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.155 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4448
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 72)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 48.53, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 54.06, 26.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1436 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.155 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9782, 15.2967, 7.8196)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4448 #44BCB8

analogous

#BC4484 #BC4448 #BC7C44

triadic

#BC4448 #48BC44 #4448BC

tetradic

#BC4448 #84BC44 #44BCB8 #7C44BC

square

#BC4448 #84BC44 #44BCB8 #7C44BC

split-complementary

#BC4448 #44BC7C #4484BC

monochromatic

#622325 #8F3336 #BC4448 #CC7174 #DC9EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC4448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC4448 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4448

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4448	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.155 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e7b',
    500: '#bc4448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4448;
$custom-light: #d77e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55353,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4448

secondary

#93C9C7

accent

#D7D251

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4448

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

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