#BC4C49#BC4C49

#BC4C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C49
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 44.96, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 51.44, 29.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1326 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.146 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5283, 16.3444, 8.1652)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C49 #49B9BC

analogous

#BC497F #BC4C49 #BC8549

triadic

#BC4C49 #49BC4C #4C49BC

tetradic

#BC4C49 #7FBC49 #49B9BC #8549BC

square

#BC4C49 #7FBC49 #49B9BC #8549BC

split-complementary

#BC4C49 #49BC85 #497FBC

monochromatic

#652725 #923836 #BC4C49 #CC7876 #DDA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C49

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C49	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)

#686248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827b',
    500: '#bc4c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c49;
$custom-light: #d6827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.564,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C49

secondary

#97C8CA

accent

#D2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C49

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

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