#BC474A#BC474A

#BC474A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.151 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC474A
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 74)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 47.33, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 52.76, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1402 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.151 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2306, 15.6954, 8.2308)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC474A #47BCB9

analogous

#BC4784 #BC474A #BC7F47

triadic

#BC474A #4ABC47 #474ABC

tetradic

#BC474A #84BC47 #47BCB9 #7F47BC

square

#BC474A #84BC47 #47BCB9 #7F47BC

split-complementary

#BC474A #47BC7F #4784BC

monochromatic

#642426 #913537 #BC474A #CC7476 #DDA1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BC474A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC474A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC474A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC474A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC474A	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc474a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.151 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67f7c',
    500: '#bc474a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc474a;
$custom-light: #d67f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc474a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55765,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC474A

secondary

#95C9C8

accent

#D6D352

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC474A

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

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