#BC4E42#BC4E42

#BC4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E42
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 43.55, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 52.56, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1269 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.145 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4491, 16.5367, 7.0576)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E42 #42B0BC

analogous

#BC4273 #BC4E42 #BC8B42

triadic

#BC4E42 #42BC4E #4E42BC

tetradic

#BC4E42 #73BC42 #42B0BC #8B42BC

square

#BC4E42 #73BC42 #42B0BC #8B42BC

split-complementary

#BC4E42 #42BC8B #4273BC

monochromatic

#612822 #8F3B32 #BC4E42 #CC786F #DCA29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E42	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)

#6B6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68376',
    500: '#bc4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e42;
$custom-light: #d68376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.902,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5655,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E42

secondary

#91C3C9

accent

#CAD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E42

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

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