#BC4843#BC4843

#BC4843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.151 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4843
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 46.41, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 53.98, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.136 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.151 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0719, 15.7346, 7.0786)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4843 #43B7BC

analogous

#BC437B #BC4843 #BC8443

triadic

#BC4843 #43BC48 #4843BC

tetradic

#BC4843 #7BBC43 #43B7BC #8443BC

square

#BC4843 #7BBC43 #43B7BC #8443BC

split-complementary

#BC4843 #43BC84 #437BBC

monochromatic

#622523 #8F3733 #BC4843 #CC7470 #DCA09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4843

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4843	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)

#665F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.151 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78077',
    500: '#bc4843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4843;
$custom-light: #d78077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.479,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55766,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4843

secondary

#92C6C9

accent

#D2D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4843

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

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