#BC4840#BC4840

#BC4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.151 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4840
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 46.23, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 54.71, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1349 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.151 27)
XYZ	xyz(23.9842, 15.6995, 6.6168)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4840 #40B4BC

analogous

#BC4076 #BC4840 #BC8640

triadic

#BC4840 #40BC48 #4840BC

tetradic

#BC4840 #76BC40 #40B4BC #8640BC

square

#BC4840 #76BC40 #40B4BC #8640BC

split-complementary

#BC4840 #40BC86 #4076BC

monochromatic

#612521 #8E3730 #BC4840 #CD726C #DD9E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BC4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4840

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4840	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)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.151 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78075',
    500: '#bc4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4840;
$custom-light: #d78075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55716,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4840

secondary

#8FC5C9

accent

#D0D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4840

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

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