#BC4742#BC4742

#BC4742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.152 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4742
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 46.80, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 54.50, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1371 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.152 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9780, 15.5944, 6.9006)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4742 #42B7BC

analogous

#BC427A #BC4742 #BC8442

triadic

#BC4742 #42BC47 #4742BC

tetradic

#BC4742 #7ABC42 #42B7BC #8442BC

square

#BC4742 #7ABC42 #42B7BC #8442BC

split-complementary

#BC4742 #42BC84 #427ABC

monochromatic

#612522 #8F3632 #BC4742 #CC736F #DC9F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BC4742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BC4742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4742

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4742	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)

#665E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.152 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f76',
    500: '#bc4742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4742;
$custom-light: #d77f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55621,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4742

secondary

#91C6C9

accent

#D2D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4742

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

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