#BC4E46#BC4E46

#BC4E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E46
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 43.80, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 51.55, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.1284 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.144 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5712, 16.5855, 7.7006)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E46 #46B4BC

analogous

#BC4679 #BC4E46 #BC8946

triadic

#BC4E46 #46BC4E #4E46BC

tetradic

#BC4E46 #79BC46 #46B4BC #8946BC

square

#BC4E46 #79BC46 #46B4BC #8946BC

split-complementary

#BC4E46 #46BC89 #4679BC

monochromatic

#642824 #903B34 #BC4E46 #CC7973 #DDA4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E46

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E46	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68379',
    500: '#bc4e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e46;
$custom-light: #d68379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.068,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56618,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E46

secondary

#95C6C9

accent

#CDD651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E46

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

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