#BC4E40#BC4E40

#BC4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E40
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 43.42, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 53.10, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1261 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.145 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3912, 16.5135, 6.7525)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E40 #40AEBC

analogous

#BC4070 #BC4E40 #BC8C40

triadic

#BC4E40 #40BC4E #4E40BC

tetradic

#BC4E40 #70BC40 #40AEBC #8C40BC

square

#BC4E40 #70BC40 #40AEBC #8C40BC

split-complementary

#BC4E40 #40BC8C #4070BC

monochromatic

#612821 #8E3B30 #BC4E40 #CD776C #DDA19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E40

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E40	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78375',
    500: '#bc4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e40;
$custom-light: #d78375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56518,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E40

secondary

#8FC2C9

accent

#C9D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E40

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

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