#BC4639#BC4639

#BC4639 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.155 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4639
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 57)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 46.74, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 57.10, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1351 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.155 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6701, 15.3704, 5.5905)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4639 #39AFBC

analogous

#BC396E #BC4639 #BC8739

triadic

#BC4639 #39BC46 #4639BC

tetradic

#BC4639 #6EBC39 #39AFBC #8739BC

square

#BC4639 #6EBC39 #39AFBC #8739BC

split-complementary

#BC4639 #39BC87 #396EBC

monochromatic

#5E231D #8D352B #BC4639 #D06D63 #DE9992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC4639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4639 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4639

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4639	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)

#665D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.155 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f70',
    500: '#bc4639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4639;
$custom-light: #d77f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.954,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55353,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4639

secondary

#88C2C9

accent

#CEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4639

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

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