#BC4D41#BC4D41

#BC4D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D41
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 65)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 43.96, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 53.10, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.128 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.146 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3494, 16.3840, 6.8802)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D41 #41B0BC

analogous

#BC4172 #BC4D41 #BC8B41

triadic

#BC4D41 #41BC4D #4D41BC

tetradic

#BC4D41 #72BC41 #41B0BC #8B41BC

square

#BC4D41 #72BC41 #41B0BC #8B41BC

split-complementary

#BC4D41 #41BC8B #4172BC

monochromatic

#612822 #8F3A31 #BC4D41 #CD776E #DCA19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D41

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D41	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78376',
    500: '#bc4d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d41;
$custom-light: #d78376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56397,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D41

secondary

#90C3C9

accent

#CBD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D41

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

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