#BC4B46#BC4B46

#BC4B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B46
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 70)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 45.22, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 52.41, 30.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1329 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.147 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3629, 16.1689, 7.6311)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B46 #46B7BC

analogous

#BC467C #BC4B46 #BC8646

triadic

#BC4B46 #46BC4B #4B46BC

tetradic

#BC4B46 #7CBC46 #46B7BC #8646BC

square

#BC4B46 #7CBC46 #46B7BC #8646BC

split-complementary

#BC4B46 #46BC86 #467CBC

monochromatic

#642724 #903834 #BC4B46 #CC7773 #DDA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B46

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B46	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)

#686145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bc4b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b46;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.542,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B46

secondary

#95C7C9

accent

#D1D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B46

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

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