#BC4A4B#BC4A4B

#BC4A4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A4B
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 46.03, 23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 51.64, 26.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1363 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.148 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4600, 16.1001, 8.4748)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A4B #4ABCBB

analogous

#BC4A84 #BC4A4B #BC824A

triadic

#BC4A4B #4BBC4A #4A4BBC

tetradic

#BC4A4B #84BC4A #4ABCBB #824ABC

square

#BC4A4B #84BC4A #4ABCBB #824ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A4B #4ABC82 #4A84BC

monochromatic

#662626 #933637 #BC4A4B #CD7777 #DDA3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4A4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A4B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A4B	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817d',
    500: '#bc4a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a4b;
$custom-light: #d6817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.474,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56172,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A4B

secondary

#98CACA

accent

#D6D452

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A4B

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

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