#BC4D4F#BC4D4F

#BC4D4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D4F
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 79)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 44.92, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 49.93, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1335 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.144 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8064, 16.5667, 9.2870)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D4F #4DBCBA

analogous

#BC4D87 #BC4D4F #BC834D

triadic

#BC4D4F #4FBC4D #4D4FBC

tetradic

#BC4D4F #87BC4D #4DBCBA #834DBC

square

#BC4D4F #87BC4D #4DBCBA #834DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D4F #4DBC83 #4D87BC

monochromatic

#682728 #943839 #BC4D4F #CD797B #DDA6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D4F

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D4F	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)

#68634E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68380',
    500: '#bc4d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d4f;
$custom-light: #d68380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.919,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5665,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D4F

secondary

#9ACBCA

accent

#D5D353

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D4F

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

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