#BC4B44#BC4B44

#BC4B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B44
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 68)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 45.09, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 52.89, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1321 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.147 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3008, 16.1441, 7.3042)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B44 #44B5BC

analogous

#BC4479 #BC4B44 #BC8744

triadic

#BC4B44 #44BC4B #4B44BC

tetradic

#BC4B44 #79BC44 #44B5BC #8744BC

square

#BC4B44 #79BC44 #44B5BC #8744BC

split-complementary

#BC4B44 #44BC87 #4479BC

monochromatic

#622723 #8F3933 #BC4B44 #CC7671 #DCA29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B44

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B44	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)

#686143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68278',
    500: '#bc4b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b44;
$custom-light: #d68278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56177,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B44

secondary

#93C6C9

accent

#CFD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B44

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

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