#BC4E44#BC4E44

#BC4E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E44
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 43.67, 28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 52.05, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1276 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.144 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5091, 16.5607, 7.3736)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E44 #44B2BC

analogous

#BC4476 #BC4E44 #BC8A44

triadic

#BC4E44 #44BC4E #4E44BC

tetradic

#BC4E44 #76BC44 #44B2BC #8A44BC

square

#BC4E44 #76BC44 #44B2BC #8A44BC

split-complementary

#BC4E44 #44BC8A #4476BC

monochromatic

#622923 #8F3B33 #BC4E44 #CC7971 #DCA39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E44

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E44	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)

#6A6242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68378',
    500: '#bc4e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e44;
$custom-light: #d68378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E44

secondary

#93C4C9

accent

#CCD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E44

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

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