#BC4D4E#BC4D4E

#BC4D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D4E
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 44.84, 22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 50.12, 26.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1331 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.144 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7702, 16.5523, 9.0968)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D4E #4DBCBB

analogous

#BC4D86 #BC4D4E #BC834D

triadic

#BC4D4E #4EBC4D #4D4EBC

tetradic

#BC4D4E #86BC4D #4DBCBB #834DBC

square

#BC4D4E #86BC4D #4DBCBB #834DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D4E #4DBC83 #4D86BC

monochromatic

#682728 #943839 #BC4D4E #CD797A #DDA6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D4E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D4E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6837f',
    500: '#bc4d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d4e;
$custom-light: #d6837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5663,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D4E

secondary

#9ACBCA

accent

#D5D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D4E

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

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