#BC4C42#BC4C42

#BC4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C42
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 44.49, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 53.11, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1298 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.147 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3092, 16.2568, 7.0110)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C42 #42B2BC

analogous

#BC4275 #BC4C42 #BC8942

triadic

#BC4C42 #42BC4C #4C42BC

tetradic

#BC4C42 #75BC42 #42B2BC #8942BC

square

#BC4C42 #75BC42 #42B2BC #8942BC

split-complementary

#BC4C42 #42BC89 #4275BC

monochromatic

#612722 #8F3A32 #BC4C42 #CC766F #DCA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C42	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)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bc4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c42;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.918,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C42

secondary

#91C4C9

accent

#CDD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C42

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

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