#BC4B42#BC4B42

#BC4B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B42
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 44.96, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 53.38, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1313 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.148 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2408, 16.1201, 6.9882)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B42 #42B3BC

analogous

#BC4276 #BC4B42 #BC8842

triadic

#BC4B42 #42BC4B #4B42BC

tetradic

#BC4B42 #76BC42 #42B3BC #8842BC

square

#BC4B42 #76BC42 #42B3BC #8842BC

split-complementary

#BC4B42 #42BC88 #4276BC

monochromatic

#612722 #8F3932 #BC4B42 #CC766F #DCA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B42

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B42	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)

#686140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bc4b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b42;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56143,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B42

secondary

#91C4C9

accent

#CED850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B42

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

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