#BC4B4E#BC4B4E

#BC4B4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B4E
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 45.78, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 50.76, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.136 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.146 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6325, 16.2767, 9.0508)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B4E #4BBCB9

analogous

#BC4B87 #BC4B4E #BC814B

triadic

#BC4B4E #4EBC4B #4B4EBC

tetradic

#BC4B4E #87BC4B #4BBCB9 #814BBC

square

#BC4B4E #87BC4B #4BBCB9 #814BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B4E #4BBC81 #4B87BC

monochromatic

#662628 #933739 #BC4B4E #CD787A #DDA4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B4E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B4E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827f',
    500: '#bc4b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b4e;
$custom-light: #d6827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.407,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56363,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B4E

secondary

#99CAC9

accent

#D5D252

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B4E

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

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