#BC4B40#BC4B40

#BC4B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B40
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 44.84, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 53.90, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1305 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.148 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1829, 16.0969, 6.6831)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B40 #40B1BC

analogous

#BC4073 #BC4B40 #BC8940

triadic

#BC4B40 #40BC4B #4B40BC

tetradic

#BC4B40 #73BC40 #40B1BC #8940BC

square

#BC4B40 #73BC40 #40B1BC #8940BC

split-complementary

#BC4B40 #40BC89 #4073BC

monochromatic

#612721 #8E3930 #BC4B40 #CD756C #DDA09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B40

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B40	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)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78275',
    500: '#bc4b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b40;
$custom-light: #d78275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56111,
    "c": 0.14823,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B40

secondary

#8FC3C9

accent

#CDD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B40

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

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