#BC4D48#BC4D48

#BC4D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D48
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 44.42, 25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 51.37, 30.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1307 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.145 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5649, 16.4701, 8.0151)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D48 #48B7BC

analogous

#BC487D #BC4D48 #BC8748

triadic

#BC4D48 #48BC4D #4D48BC

tetradic

#BC4D48 #7DBC48 #48B7BC #8748BC

square

#BC4D48 #7DBC48 #48B7BC #8748BC

split-complementary

#BC4D48 #48BC87 #487DBC

monochromatic

#652825 #923935 #BC4D48 #CC7975 #DDA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D48

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D48	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6837b',
    500: '#bc4d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d48;
$custom-light: #d6837b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D48

secondary

#96C7CA

accent

#D0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D48

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

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