#BC4A41#BC4A41

#BC4A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A41
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 45.37, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 53.91, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1324 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.149 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1443, 15.9738, 6.8118)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A41 #41B3BC

analogous

#BC4176 #BC4A41 #BC8841

triadic

#BC4A41 #41BC4A #4A41BC

tetradic

#BC4A41 #76BC41 #41B3BC #8841BC

square

#BC4A41 #76BC41 #41B3BC #8841BC

split-complementary

#BC4A41 #41BC88 #4176BC

monochromatic

#612622 #8F3831 #BC4A41 #CD746E #DCA09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A41

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A41	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)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78176',
    500: '#bc4a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a41;
$custom-light: #d78176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55994,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A41

secondary

#90C4C9

accent

#CED850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A41

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

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