#BC4543#BC4543

#BC4543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.154 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4543
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 67)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 47.76, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 54.83, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1403 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.154 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8826, 15.3561, 7.0155)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4543 #43BABC

analogous

#BC437D #BC4543 #BC8243

triadic

#BC4543 #43BC45 #4543BC

tetradic

#BC4543 #7DBC43 #43BABC #8243BC

square

#BC4543 #7DBC43 #43BABC #8243BC

split-complementary

#BC4543 #43BC82 #437DBC

monochromatic

#622423 #8F3433 #BC4543 #CC7270 #DC9E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC4543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4543

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4543	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)

#645D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.154 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e77',
    500: '#bc4543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4543;
$custom-light: #d77e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.992,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55386,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4543

secondary

#92C8C9

accent

#D5D751

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4543

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

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