#BC4A46#BC4A46

#BC4A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A46
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 70)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 45.69, 26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 52.70, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1343 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.148 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2956, 16.0343, 7.6087)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A46 #46B8BC

analogous

#BC467D #BC4A46 #BC8546

triadic

#BC4A46 #46BC4A #4A46BC

tetradic

#BC4A46 #7DBC46 #46B8BC #8546BC

square

#BC4A46 #7DBC46 #46B8BC #8546BC

split-complementary

#BC4A46 #46BC85 #467DBC

monochromatic

#642624 #903734 #BC4A46 #CC7673 #DDA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BC4A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A46

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A46	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68179',
    500: '#bc4a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a46;
$custom-light: #d68179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.034,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56079,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A46

secondary

#95C7C9

accent

#D2D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A46

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

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