#BC4741#BC4741

#BC4741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.152 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4741
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 65)
HSL	hsl(3, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 46.74, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 54.74, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1367 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.152 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9488, 15.5827, 6.7467)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4741 #41B6BC

analogous

#BC4178 #BC4741 #BC8541

triadic

#BC4741 #41BC47 #4741BC

tetradic

#BC4741 #78BC41 #41B6BC #8541BC

square

#BC4741 #78BC41 #41B6BC #8541BC

split-complementary

#BC4741 #41BC85 #4178BC

monochromatic

#612522 #8F3631 #BC4741 #CD726E #DC9E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BC4741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BC4741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4741

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4741	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.152 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f76',
    500: '#bc4741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4741;
$custom-light: #d77f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55604,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4741

secondary

#90C6C9

accent

#D2D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4741

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

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