#BC4B43#BC4B43

#BC4B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B43
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 67)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 45.03, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 53.13, 32.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1317 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.148 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2706, 16.1320, 7.1448)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B43 #43B4BC

analogous

#BC4377 #BC4B43 #BC8843

triadic

#BC4B43 #43BC4B #4B43BC

tetradic

#BC4B43 #77BC43 #43B4BC #8843BC

square

#BC4B43 #77BC43 #43B4BC #8843BC

split-complementary

#BC4B43 #43BC88 #4377BC

monochromatic

#622723 #8F3933 #BC4B43 #CC7670 #DCA19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4B43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B43

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B43	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)

#686142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78277',
    500: '#bc4b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b43;
$custom-light: #d78277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.967,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5616,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B43

secondary

#92C5C9

accent

#CED751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B43

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

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