#BC4B4B#BC4B4B

#BC4B4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.146 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B4B
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 75)
HSL	hsl(0, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 45.56, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 51.33, 27.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1348 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.146 23)
XYZ	xyz(24.5273, 16.2347, 8.4973)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B4B #4BBCBC

analogous

#BC4B84 #BC4B4B #BC844B

triadic

#BC4B4B #4BBC4B #4B4BBC

tetradic

#BC4B4B #84BC4B #4BBCBC #844BBC

square

#BC4B4B #84BC4B #4BBCBC #844BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B4B #4BBC84 #4B84BC

monochromatic

#662626 #933737 #BC4B4B #CD7878 #DDA4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B4B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B4B	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.146 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827d',
    500: '#bc4b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b4b;
$custom-light: #d6827d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56304,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.16232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B4B

secondary

#99CACA

accent

#D5D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B4B

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

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