#BC4941#BC4941

#BC4941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4941
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 45.83, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 54.19, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1338 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.15 27)
XYZ	xyz(24.0781, 15.8413, 6.7898)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4941 #41B4BC

analogous

#BC4177 #BC4941 #BC8641

triadic

#BC4941 #41BC49 #4941BC

tetradic

#BC4941 #77BC41 #41B4BC #8641BC

square

#BC4941 #77BC41 #41B4BC #8641BC

split-complementary

#BC4941 #41BC86 #4177BC

monochromatic

#612622 #8F3731 #BC4941 #CD746E #DC9F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4941

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4941	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)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78076',
    500: '#bc4941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4941;
$custom-light: #d78076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.902,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55863,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4941

secondary

#90C5C9

accent

#CFD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4941

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

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