#BC4A47#BC4A47

#BC4A47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A47
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 71)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 45.75, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 52.48, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1347 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.148 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3274, 16.0470, 7.7763)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A47 #47B9BC

analogous

#BC477F #BC4A47 #BC8447

triadic

#BC4A47 #47BC4A #4A47BC

tetradic

#BC4A47 #7FBC47 #47B9BC #8447BC

square

#BC4A47 #7FBC47 #47B9BC #8447BC

split-complementary

#BC4A47 #47BC84 #477FBC

monochromatic

#642624 #913735 #BC4A47 #CC7674 #DDA2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BC4A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A47

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A47	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)

#676046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817a',
    500: '#bc4a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a47;
$custom-light: #d6817a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56097,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A47

secondary

#95C8C9

accent

#D3D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A47

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

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