#BC4842#BC4842

#BC4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.151 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4842
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 46.35, 28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 54.22, 31.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1357 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.151 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0421, 15.7227, 6.9220)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4842 #42B6BC

analogous

#BC4279 #BC4842 #BC8542

triadic

#BC4842 #42BC48 #4842BC

tetradic

#BC4842 #79BC42 #42B6BC #8542BC

square

#BC4842 #79BC42 #42B6BC #8542BC

split-complementary

#BC4842 #42BC85 #4279BC

monochromatic

#612522 #8F3732 #BC4842 #CC736F #DC9F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BC4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC4842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4842

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4842	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)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.151 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78076',
    500: '#bc4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4842;
$custom-light: #d78076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55749,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4842

secondary

#91C6C9

accent

#D1D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4842

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

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