#BC4948#BC4948

#BC4948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4948
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 46.28, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 52.56, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1366 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.149 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2936, 15.9275, 7.9247)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4948 #48BBBC

analogous

#BC4881 #BC4948 #BC8348

triadic

#BC4948 #48BC49 #4948BC

tetradic

#BC4948 #81BC48 #48BBBC #8348BC

square

#BC4948 #81BC48 #48BBBC #8348BC

split-complementary

#BC4948 #48BC83 #4881BC

monochromatic

#652525 #923635 #BC4948 #CC7675 #DDA2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4948

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4948	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)

#666047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817b',
    500: '#bc4948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4948;
$custom-light: #d6817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55985,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4948

secondary

#96C9CA

accent

#D5D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4948

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

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