#BC4A49#BC4A49

#BC4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A49
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 45.89, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 52.05, 28.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1355 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.148 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3927, 16.0731, 8.1200)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A49 #49BBBC

analogous

#BC4981 #BC4A49 #BC8349

triadic

#BC4A49 #49BC4A #4A49BC

tetradic

#BC4A49 #81BC49 #49BBBC #8349BC

square

#BC4A49 #81BC49 #49BBBC #8349BC

split-complementary

#BC4A49 #49BC83 #4981BC

monochromatic

#652625 #923736 #BC4A49 #CC7676 #DDA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A49

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A49	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817b',
    500: '#bc4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a49;
$custom-light: #d6817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56134,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A49

secondary

#97C9CA

accent

#D5D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A49

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

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