#BC4C46#BC4C46

#BC4C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.146 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C46
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 70)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 44.75, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 52.12, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1314 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.146 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4313, 16.3056, 7.6539)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C46 #46B6BC

analogous

#BC467B #BC4C46 #BC8746

triadic

#BC4C46 #46BC4C #4C46BC

tetradic

#BC4C46 #7BBC46 #46B6BC #8746BC

square

#BC4C46 #7BBC46 #46B6BC #8746BC

split-complementary

#BC4C46 #46BC87 #467BBC

monochromatic

#642724 #903934 #BC4C46 #CC7773 #DDA3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C46

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C46	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.146 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bc4c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c46;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56346,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C46

secondary

#95C6C9

accent

#D0D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C46

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

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