#BC4846#BC4846

#BC4846 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.150 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4846
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 70)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 46.61, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 53.29, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1372 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.15 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1642, 15.7715, 7.5649)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4846 #46BABC

analogous

#BC467F #BC4846 #BC8346

triadic

#BC4846 #46BC48 #4846BC

tetradic

#BC4846 #7FBC46 #46BABC #8346BC

square

#BC4846 #7FBC46 #46BABC #8346BC

split-complementary

#BC4846 #46BC83 #467FBC

monochromatic

#642524 #903634 #BC4846 #CC7473 #DDA1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4846 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4846

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4846	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)

#665F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.150 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68079',
    500: '#bc4846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4846;
$custom-light: #d68079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55819,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4846

secondary

#95C8C9

accent

#D4D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4846

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

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