#BC4B48#BC4B48

#BC4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B48
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 45.36, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 51.96, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1336 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.147 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4271, 16.1946, 7.9692)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B48 #48B9BC

analogous

#BC487F #BC4B48 #BC8548

triadic

#BC4B48 #48BC4B #4B48BC

tetradic

#BC4B48 #7FBC48 #48B9BC #8548BC

square

#BC4B48 #7FBC48 #48B9BC #8548BC

split-complementary

#BC4B48 #48BC85 #487FBC

monochromatic

#652725 #923835 #BC4B48 #CC7775 #DDA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B48

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B48	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827b',
    500: '#bc4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b48;
$custom-light: #d6827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56248,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B48

secondary

#96C8CA

accent

#D3D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B48

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

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