#BC4640#BC4640

#BC4640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4640
RGBrgb(188, 70, 64)
HSLhsl(3, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(3, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.24, 47.13, 28.84)
CIE-LCHlch(46.24, 55.26, 31.47°)
OKLaboklab(55.46% 0.1377 0.0679)
OKLCHoklch(55.46% 0.154 26.2)
XYZxyz(23.8570, 15.4451, 6.5744)
Luminance0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4640 #40B6BC
analogous
#BC4078 #BC4640 #BC8440
triadic
#BC4640 #40BC46 #4640BC
tetradic
#BC4640 #78BC40 #40B6BC #8440BC
square
#BC4640 #78BC40 #40B6BC #8440BC
split-complementary
#BC4640 #40BC84 #4078BC
monochromatic
#612421 #8E3530 #BC4640 #CD716C #DD9D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14
#BC4640 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09
#BC4640 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4640
5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4640#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC46401.005.144.095.14
#FFFFFF5.141.0021.001.00
#0000004.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#655E3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83773D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE2C45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 26.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f75',
    500: '#bc4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4640;
$custom-light: #d77f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55461,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4640
secondary
#8FC6C9
accent
#D2D94F
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FCEFED
border
#D5CAC8
text
#160A08
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4640

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#BC4640 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva