#BC4A40#BC4A40

#BC4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A40
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 45.31, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 54.17, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.132 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.149 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1156, 15.9623, 6.6606)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A40 #40B2BC

analogous

#BC4074 #BC4A40 #BC8840

triadic

#BC4A40 #40BC4A #4A40BC

tetradic

#BC4A40 #74BC40 #40B2BC #8840BC

square

#BC4A40 #74BC40 #40B2BC #8840BC

split-complementary

#BC4A40 #40BC88 #4074BC

monochromatic

#612621 #8E3830 #BC4A40 #CD746C #DD9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A40

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A40	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78175',
    500: '#bc4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a40;
$custom-light: #d78175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A40

secondary

#8FC4C9

accent

#CED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A40

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

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