#BC4A4C#BC4A4C

#BC4A4C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A4C
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 46.10, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 51.45, 26.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1367 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.148 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4945, 16.1139, 8.6565)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A4C #4ABCBA

analogous

#BC4A85 #BC4A4C #BC814A

triadic

#BC4A4C #4CBC4A #4A4CBC

tetradic

#BC4A4C #85BC4A #4ABCBA #814ABC

square

#BC4A4C #85BC4A #4ABCBA #814ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A4C #4ABC81 #4A85BC

monochromatic

#662627 #933638 #BC4A4C #CD7778 #DDA3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A4C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A4C	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817e',
    500: '#bc4a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a4c;
$custom-light: #d6817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56191,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A4C

secondary

#98CAC9

accent

#D6D352

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A4C

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

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