#BC4E41#BC4E41

#BC4E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E41
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 43.48, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 52.83, 34.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1265 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.145 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4199, 16.5250, 6.9037)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E41 #41AFBC

analogous

#BC4172 #BC4E41 #BC8B41

triadic

#BC4E41 #41BC4E #4E41BC

tetradic

#BC4E41 #72BC41 #41AFBC #8B41BC

square

#BC4E41 #72BC41 #41AFBC #8B41BC

split-complementary

#BC4E41 #41BC8B #4172BC

monochromatic

#612822 #8F3B31 #BC4E41 #CD786E #DCA29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E41

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E41	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)

#6B623F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68376',
    500: '#bc4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e41;
$custom-light: #d68376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.341,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56534,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E41

secondary

#90C3C9

accent

#CAD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E41

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

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