#BC4A4E#BC4A4E

#BC4A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 46.25, 21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 51.08, 25.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1375 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.147 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5652, 16.1421, 9.0284)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A4E #4ABCB8

analogous

#BC4A87 #BC4A4E #BC7F4A

triadic

#BC4A4E #4EBC4A #4A4EBC

tetradic

#BC4A4E #87BC4A #4ABCB8 #7F4ABC

square

#BC4A4E #87BC4A #4ABCB8 #7F4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A4E #4ABC7F #4A87BC

monochromatic

#662628 #933639 #BC4A4E #CD777A #DDA3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A4E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A4E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817f',
    500: '#bc4a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a4e;
$custom-light: #d6817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56231,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A4E

secondary

#98CAC8

accent

#D6D152

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A4E

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

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