#BC4839#BC4839

#BC4839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.153 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4839
RGBrgb(188, 72, 57)
HSLhsl(7, 53%, 48%)
HSVhsv(7, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.48, 45.83, 33.20)
CIE-LCHlch(46.48, 56.59, 35.92°)
OKLaboklab(55.61% 0.1323 0.0764)
OKLCHoklch(55.61% 0.153 30)
XYZxyz(23.7973, 15.6248, 5.6329)
Luminance0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4839 #39ADBC
analogous
#BC396C #BC4839 #BC8939
triadic
#BC4839 #39BC48 #4839BC
tetradic
#BC4839 #6CBC39 #39ADBC #8939BC
square
#BC4839 #6CBC39 #39ADBC #8939BC
split-complementary
#BC4839 #39BC89 #396CBC
monochromatic
#5E241D #8D362B #BC4839 #D06F63 #DE9A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#BC4839 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12
#BC4839 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4839
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4839#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC48391.005.094.125.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#675E37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#847836
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE2E45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.153 30.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78070',
    500: '#bc4839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4839;
$custom-light: #d78070;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.87,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55609,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4839
secondary
#88C1C9
accent
#CCDD4B
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4839

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#BC4839 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva