#BC4739#BC4739

#BC4739 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4739
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 57)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 46.29, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 56.85, 35.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1337 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.154 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7332, 15.4965, 5.6115)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4739 #39AEBC

analogous

#BC396D #BC4739 #BC8839

triadic

#BC4739 #39BC47 #4739BC

tetradic

#BC4739 #6DBC39 #39AEBC #8839BC

square

#BC4739 #6DBC39 #39AEBC #8839BC

split-complementary

#BC4739 #39BC88 #396DBC

monochromatic

#5E241D #8D352B #BC4739 #D06E63 #DE9A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#BC4739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BC4739 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4739

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4739	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f70',
    500: '#bc4739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4739;
$custom-light: #d77f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.412,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5548,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4739

secondary

#88C2C9

accent

#CDDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4739

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

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