#BC4B4A#BC4B4A

#BC4B4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B4A
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 74)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 45.49, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 51.54, 28.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1344 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.147 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4934, 16.2211, 8.3184)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B4A #4ABBBC

analogous

#BC4A82 #BC4B4A #BC844A

triadic

#BC4B4A #4ABC4B #4B4ABC

tetradic

#BC4B4A #82BC4A #4ABBBC #844ABC

square

#BC4B4A #82BC4A #4ABBBC #844ABC

split-complementary

#BC4B4A #4ABC84 #4A82BC

monochromatic

#662626 #933736 #BC4B4A #CD7777 #DDA4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B4A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B4A	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)

#676149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827c',
    500: '#bc4b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b4a;
$custom-light: #d6827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B4A

secondary

#98CACA

accent

#D4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B4A

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

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