#BC4D4D#BC4D4D

#BC4D4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D4D
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 77)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 44.77, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 50.31, 27.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1327 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.144 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7347, 16.5381, 8.9094)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D4D #4DBCBC

analogous

#BC4D85 #BC4D4D #BC854D

triadic

#BC4D4D #4DBC4D #4D4DBC

tetradic

#BC4D4D #85BC4D #4DBCBC #854DBC

square

#BC4D4D #85BC4D #4DBCBC #854DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D4D #4DBC85 #4D85BC

monochromatic

#682727 #943838 #BC4D4D #CD7979 #DDA6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D4D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D4D	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68624C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6837e',
    500: '#bc4d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d4d;
$custom-light: #d6837e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56611,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D4D

secondary

#9ACBCB

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D4D

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

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