#BC4C47#BC4C47

#BC4C47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C47
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 71)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 44.82, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 51.89, 30.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1318 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.146 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4631, 16.3183, 7.8216)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C47 #47B7BC

analogous

#BC477C #BC4C47 #BC8647

triadic

#BC4C47 #47BC4C #4C47BC

tetradic

#BC4C47 #7CBC47 #47B7BC #8647BC

square

#BC4C47 #7CBC47 #47B7BC #8647BC

split-complementary

#BC4C47 #47BC86 #477CBC

monochromatic

#642724 #913935 #BC4C47 #CC7874 #DDA3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4C47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C47

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C47	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)

#686146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827a',
    500: '#bc4c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c47;
$custom-light: #d6827a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56363,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C47

secondary

#95C7C9

accent

#D1D652

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C47

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

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