#BC4940#BC4940

#BC4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.150 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4940
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 45.77, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 54.44, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1335 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.15 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0494, 15.8298, 6.6386)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4940 #40B3BC

analogous

#BC4075 #BC4940 #BC8740

triadic

#BC4940 #40BC49 #4940BC

tetradic

#BC4940 #75BC40 #40B3BC #8740BC

square

#BC4940 #75BC40 #40B3BC #8740BC

split-complementary

#BC4940 #40BC87 #4075BC

monochromatic

#612621 #8E3730 #BC4940 #CD736C #DD9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4940

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4940	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.150 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78075',
    500: '#bc4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4940;
$custom-light: #d78075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55846,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4940

secondary

#8FC4C9

accent

#CFD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4940

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

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