#BC4B49#BC4B49

#BC4B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B49
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 45.42, 24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 51.75, 28.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.134 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.147 24)
XYZ	xyz(24.4600, 16.2077, 8.1424)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B49 #49BABC

analogous

#BC4980 #BC4B49 #BC8449

triadic

#BC4B49 #49BC4B #4B49BC

tetradic

#BC4B49 #80BC49 #49BABC #8449BC

square

#BC4B49 #80BC49 #49BABC #8449BC

split-complementary

#BC4B49 #49BC84 #4980BC

monochromatic

#652625 #923736 #BC4B49 #CC7776 #DDA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B49

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B49	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)

#676148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827b',
    500: '#bc4b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b49;
$custom-light: #d6827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56266,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B49

secondary

#97C9CA

accent

#D4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B49

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

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