#BC4D45#BC4D45

#BC4D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D45
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 44.21, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 52.08, 31.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1295 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.145 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4694, 16.4320, 7.5122)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D45 #45B4BC

analogous

#BC4578 #BC4D45 #BC8945

triadic

#BC4D45 #45BC4D #4D45BC

tetradic

#BC4D45 #78BC45 #45B4BC #8945BC

square

#BC4D45 #78BC45 #45B4BC #8945BC

split-complementary

#BC4D45 #45BC89 #4578BC

monochromatic

#632824 #903A34 #BC4D45 #CC7872 #DCA39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D45

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D45	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68379',
    500: '#bc4d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d45;
$custom-light: #d68379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.034,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D45

secondary

#94C5C9

accent

#CED751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D45

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

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