#BC4B45#BC4B45

#BC4B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B45
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 45.16, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 52.65, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1325 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.147 26)
XYZ	xyz(24.3316, 16.1564, 7.4663)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B45 #45B6BC

analogous

#BC457A #BC4B45 #BC8645

triadic

#BC4B45 #45BC4B #4B45BC

tetradic

#BC4B45 #7ABC45 #45B6BC #8645BC

square

#BC4B45 #7ABC45 #45B6BC #8645BC

split-complementary

#BC4B45 #45BC86 #457ABC

monochromatic

#632724 #903834 #BC4B45 #CC7772 #DCA29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B45

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B45	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bc4b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b45;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.025,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56194,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B45

secondary

#94C6C9

accent

#D0D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B45

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

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