#BC4D49#BC4D49

#BC4D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.144 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D49
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 44.48, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 51.15, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1311 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.144 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5978, 16.4833, 8.1883)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D49 #49B8BC

analogous

#BC497E #BC4D49 #BC8649

triadic

#BC4D49 #49BC4D #4D49BC

tetradic

#BC4D49 #7EBC49 #49B8BC #8649BC

square

#BC4D49 #7EBC49 #49B8BC #8649BC

split-complementary

#BC4D49 #49BC86 #497EBC

monochromatic

#652825 #923936 #BC4D49 #CC7976 #DDA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D49

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D49	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.144 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6837b',
    500: '#bc4d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d49;
$custom-light: #d6837b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56535,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D49

secondary

#97C8CA

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D49

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

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