#BC4A4F#BC4A4F

#BC4A4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A4F
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 46.32, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 50.91, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1379 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.147 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6013, 16.1566, 9.2187)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A4F #4ABCB7

analogous

#BC4A88 #BC4A4F #BC7E4A

triadic

#BC4A4F #4FBC4A #4A4FBC

tetradic

#BC4A4F #88BC4A #4ABCB7 #7E4ABC

square

#BC4A4F #88BC4A #4ABCB7 #7E4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A4F #4ABC7E #4A88BC

monochromatic

#662629 #93363A #BC4A4F #CD777A #DDA3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A4F

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A4F	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68180',
    500: '#bc4a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a4f;
$custom-light: #d68180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56251,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A4F

secondary

#98CAC8

accent

#D6D052

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A4F

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

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