#BC4541#BC4541

#BC4541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.154 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4541
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 65)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 47.64, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 55.29, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1395 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.154 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8237, 15.3325, 6.7050)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4541 #41B8BC

analogous

#BC417B #BC4541 #BC8241

triadic

#BC4541 #41BC45 #4541BC

tetradic

#BC4541 #7BBC41 #41B8BC #8241BC

square

#BC4541 #7BBC41 #41B8BC #8241BC

split-complementary

#BC4541 #41BC82 #417BBC

monochromatic

#612422 #8F3431 #BC4541 #CD716E #DC9D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC4541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4541

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4541	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.154 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e75',
    500: '#bc4541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4541;
$custom-light: #d77e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.951,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55352,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4541

secondary

#90C7C9

accent

#D4D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4541

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

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