#BC4C48#BC4C48

#BC4C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C48
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 44.89, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 51.66, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1322 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.146 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4954, 16.3313, 7.9920)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C48 #48B8BC

analogous

#BC487E #BC4C48 #BC8648

triadic

#BC4C48 #48BC4C #4C48BC

tetradic

#BC4C48 #7EBC48 #48B8BC #8648BC

square

#BC4C48 #7EBC48 #48B8BC #8648BC

split-complementary

#BC4C48 #48BC86 #487EBC

monochromatic

#652725 #923835 #BC4C48 #CC7875 #DDA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C48

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C48	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827b',
    500: '#bc4c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c48;
$custom-light: #d6827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56381,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C48

secondary

#96C8CA

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C48

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

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