#BC4C4E#BC4C4E

#BC4C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C4E
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 78)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 45.32, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 50.44, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1345 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.145 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7008, 16.4134, 9.0736)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C4E #4CBCBA

analogous

#BC4C86 #BC4C4E #BC824C

triadic

#BC4C4E #4EBC4C #4C4EBC

tetradic

#BC4C4E #86BC4C #4CBCBA #824CBC

square

#BC4C4E #86BC4C #4CBCBA #824CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C4E #4CBC82 #4C86BC

monochromatic

#672728 #943739 #BC4C4E #CD797A #DDA5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C4E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C4E	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68624D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827f',
    500: '#bc4c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c4e;
$custom-light: #d6827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56496,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C4E

secondary

#99CACA

accent

#D5D353

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C4E

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

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