#BC4542#BC4542

#BC4542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.154 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4542
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 47.70, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 55.06, 29.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1399 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.154 25)
XYZ	xyz(23.8529, 15.3442, 6.8589)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4542 #42B9BC

analogous

#BC427C #BC4542 #BC8242

triadic

#BC4542 #42BC45 #4542BC

tetradic

#BC4542 #7CBC42 #42B9BC #8242BC

square

#BC4542 #7CBC42 #42B9BC #8242BC

split-complementary

#BC4542 #42BC82 #427CBC

monochromatic

#612422 #8F3432 #BC4542 #CC716F #DC9E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC4542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4542

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4542	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.154 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e76',
    500: '#bc4542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4542;
$custom-light: #d77e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55369,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.15341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4542

secondary

#91C7C9

accent

#D4D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4542

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

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