#BC4946#BC4946

#BC4946 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.149 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4946
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 70)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 46.15, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 53.00, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1358 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.149 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2294, 15.9018, 7.5866)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4946 #46B9BC

analogous

#BC467E #BC4946 #BC8446

triadic

#BC4946 #46BC49 #4946BC

tetradic

#BC4946 #7EBC46 #46B9BC #8446BC

square

#BC4946 #7EBC46 #46B9BC #8446BC

split-complementary

#BC4946 #46BC84 #467EBC

monochromatic

#642624 #903734 #BC4946 #CC7573 #DDA1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4946

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4946	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.149 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68179',
    500: '#bc4946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4946;
$custom-light: #d68179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.525,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55948,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4946

secondary

#95C8C9

accent

#D3D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4946

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

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