#BC4D43#BC4D43

#BC4D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D43
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 44.08, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 52.58, 33.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1287 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.146 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4083, 16.4075, 7.1908)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D43 #43B2BC

analogous

#BC4375 #BC4D43 #BC8A43

triadic

#BC4D43 #43BC4D #4D43BC

tetradic

#BC4D43 #75BC43 #43B2BC #8A43BC

square

#BC4D43 #75BC43 #43B2BC #8A43BC

split-complementary

#BC4D43 #43BC8A #4375BC

monochromatic

#622823 #8F3B33 #BC4D43 #CC7870 #DCA29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D43

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D43	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)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68377',
    500: '#bc4d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d43;
$custom-light: #d68377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.959,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5643,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D43

secondary

#92C4C9

accent

#CCD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D43

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

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