#BC4642#BC4642

#BC4642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.153 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4642
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 47.25, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 54.78, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1385 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.153 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9149, 15.4683, 6.8796)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4642 #42B8BC

analogous

#BC427B #BC4642 #BC8342

triadic

#BC4642 #42BC46 #4642BC

tetradic

#BC4642 #7BBC42 #42B8BC #8342BC

square

#BC4642 #7BBC42 #42B8BC #8342BC

split-complementary

#BC4642 #42BC83 #427BBC

monochromatic

#612422 #8F3532 #BC4642 #CC726F #DC9E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#BC4642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#BC4642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4642

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4642	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.153 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f76',
    500: '#bc4642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4642;
$custom-light: #d77f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4642

secondary

#91C7C9

accent

#D3D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4642

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

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