#BC4D42#BC4D42

#BC4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D42
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 44.02, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 52.83, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1284 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.146 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3786, 16.3956, 7.0341)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D42 #42B1BC

analogous

#BC4274 #BC4D42 #BC8A42

triadic

#BC4D42 #42BC4D #4D42BC

tetradic

#BC4D42 #74BC42 #42B1BC #8A42BC

square

#BC4D42 #74BC42 #42B1BC #8A42BC

split-complementary

#BC4D42 #42BC8A #4274BC

monochromatic

#612822 #8F3A32 #BC4D42 #CC776F #DCA29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D42

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D42	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)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68376',
    500: '#bc4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d42;
$custom-light: #d68376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56413,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D42

secondary

#91C4C9

accent

#CBD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D42

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

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