#BC4C41#BC4C41

#BC4C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C41
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 65)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 44.43, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 53.37, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1295 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.147 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2799, 16.2451, 6.8571)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C41 #41B1BC

analogous

#BC4173 #BC4C41 #BC8A41

triadic

#BC4C41 #41BC4C #4C41BC

tetradic

#BC4C41 #73BC41 #41B1BC #8A41BC

square

#BC4C41 #73BC41 #41B1BC #8A41BC

split-complementary

#BC4C41 #41BC8A #4173BC

monochromatic

#612722 #8F3A31 #BC4C41 #CD766E #DCA19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C41

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C41	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)

#69613F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bc4c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c41;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56261,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C41

secondary

#90C3C9

accent

#CCD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C41

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

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