#BC4E45#BC4E45

#BC4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E45
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 43.74, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 51.79, 32.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.128 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.144 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5399, 16.5730, 7.5357)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E45 #45B3BC

analogous

#BC4577 #BC4E45 #BC8A45

triadic

#BC4E45 #45BC4E #4E45BC

tetradic

#BC4E45 #77BC45 #45B3BC #8A45BC

square

#BC4E45 #77BC45 #45B3BC #8A45BC

split-complementary

#BC4E45 #45BC8A #4577BC

monochromatic

#632824 #903B34 #BC4E45 #CC7972 #DCA49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E45

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E45	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)

#6A6244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68379',
    500: '#bc4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e45;
$custom-light: #d68379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.538,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.566,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E45

secondary

#94C5C9

accent

#CDD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E45

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

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