#BC4E43#BC4E43

#BC4E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E43
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 43.61, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 52.30, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1273 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.144 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4788, 16.5486, 7.2143)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E43 #43B1BC

analogous

#BC4374 #BC4E43 #BC8B43

triadic

#BC4E43 #43BC4E #4E43BC

tetradic

#BC4E43 #74BC43 #43B1BC #8B43BC

square

#BC4E43 #74BC43 #43B1BC #8B43BC

split-complementary

#BC4E43 #43BC8B #4374BC

monochromatic

#622923 #8F3B33 #BC4E43 #CC7870 #DCA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E43

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E43	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)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68377',
    500: '#bc4e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e43;
$custom-light: #d68377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56567,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E43

secondary

#92C4C9

accent

#CBD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E43

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

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