#BC4C4A#BC4C4A

#BC4C4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.145 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C4A
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 74)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 45.03, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 51.23, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.133 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.145 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5617, 16.3578, 8.3412)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C4A #4ABABC

analogous

#BC4A81 #BC4C4A #BC854A

triadic

#BC4C4A #4ABC4C #4C4ABC

tetradic

#BC4C4A #81BC4A #4ABABC #854ABC

square

#BC4C4A #81BC4A #4ABABC #854ABC

split-complementary

#BC4C4A #4ABC85 #4A81BC

monochromatic

#662726 #933836 #BC4C4A #CD7877 #DDA4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4C4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C4A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C4A	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)

#686249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.145 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827c',
    500: '#bc4c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c4a;
$custom-light: #d6827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56418,
    "c": 0.14546,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C4A

secondary

#98C9CA

accent

#D3D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C4A

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

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