#BC474F#BC474F

#BC474F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC474F
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 79)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 47.69, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 51.88, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1422 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.151 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4058, 15.7655, 9.1535)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC474F #47BCB4

analogous

#BC478A #BC474F #BC7947

triadic

#BC474F #4FBC47 #474FBC

tetradic

#BC474F #8ABC47 #47BCB4 #7947BC

square

#BC474F #8ABC47 #47BCB4 #7947BC

split-complementary

#BC474F #47BC79 #478ABC

monochromatic

#642429 #91353B #BC474F #CC747A #DDA1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC474F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC474F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC474F

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC474F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC474F	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc474f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68080',
    500: '#bc474f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc474f;
$custom-light: #d68080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc474f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.897,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC474F

secondary

#95C9C6

accent

#D6CD52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC474F

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

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