#BC4B41#BC4B41

#BC4B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B41
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 65)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 44.90, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 53.64, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1309 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.148 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2116, 16.1084, 6.8343)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B41 #41B2BC

analogous

#BC4175 #BC4B41 #BC8941

triadic

#BC4B41 #41BC4B #4B41BC

tetradic

#BC4B41 #75BC41 #41B2BC #8941BC

square

#BC4B41 #75BC41 #41B2BC #8941BC

split-complementary

#BC4B41 #41BC89 #4175BC

monochromatic

#612722 #8F3931 #BC4B41 #CD756E #DCA09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B41

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B41	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)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bc4b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b41;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.878,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56127,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B41

secondary

#90C4C9

accent

#CDD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B41

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

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