#BC4942#BC4942

#BC4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4942
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 45.89, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 53.94, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1342 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.15 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1073, 15.8530, 6.9437)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4942 #42B5BC

analogous

#BC4278 #BC4942 #BC8642

triadic

#BC4942 #42BC49 #4942BC

tetradic

#BC4942 #78BC42 #42B5BC #8642BC

square

#BC4942 #78BC42 #42B5BC #8642BC

split-complementary

#BC4942 #42BC86 #4278BC

monochromatic

#612622 #8F3732 #BC4942 #CC746F #DCA09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4942

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4942	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)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78076',
    500: '#bc4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4942;
$custom-light: #d78076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55879,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4942

secondary

#91C5C9

accent

#D0D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4942

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

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