#BC4D40#BC4D40

#BC4D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D40
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 43.90, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 53.36, 34.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1276 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.146 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3207, 16.3725, 6.7290)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D40 #40AFBC

analogous

#BC4071 #BC4D40 #BC8B40

triadic

#BC4D40 #40BC4D #4D40BC

tetradic

#BC4D40 #71BC40 #40AFBC #8B40BC

square

#BC4D40 #71BC40 #40AFBC #8B40BC

split-complementary

#BC4D40 #40BC8B #4071BC

monochromatic

#612821 #8E3A30 #BC4D40 #CD766C #DDA19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D40

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D40	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78375',
    500: '#bc4d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d40;
$custom-light: #d78375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56381,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D40

secondary

#8FC3C9

accent

#CAD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D40

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

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