#BC4C40#BC4C40

#BC4C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C40
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 44.37, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 53.63, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1291 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.147 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2512, 16.2336, 6.7059)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C40 #40B0BC

analogous

#BC4072 #BC4C40 #BC8A40

triadic

#BC4C40 #40BC4C #4C40BC

tetradic

#BC4C40 #72BC40 #40B0BC #8A40BC

square

#BC4C40 #72BC40 #40B0BC #8A40BC

split-complementary

#BC4C40 #40BC8A #4072BC

monochromatic

#612721 #8E3A30 #BC4C40 #CD766C #DDA09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C40

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C40	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)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78275',
    500: '#bc4c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c40;
$custom-light: #d78275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56245,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C40

secondary

#8FC3C9

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C40

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

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