#BC4A48#BC4A48

#BC4A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A48
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 45.82, 25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 52.26, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1351 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.148 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3598, 16.0600, 7.9468)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A48 #48BABC

analogous

#BC4880 #BC4A48 #BC8448

triadic

#BC4A48 #48BC4A #4A48BC

tetradic

#BC4A48 #80BC48 #48BABC #8448BC

square

#BC4A48 #80BC48 #48BABC #8448BC

split-complementary

#BC4A48 #48BC84 #4880BC

monochromatic

#652625 #923735 #BC4A48 #CC7675 #DDA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BC4A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A48

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A48	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)

#676047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817b',
    500: '#bc4a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a48;
$custom-light: #d6817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56116,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A48

secondary

#96C9CA

accent

#D4D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A48

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

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