#BC4E47#BC4E47

#BC4E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.144 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E47
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 71)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 43.87, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 51.31, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1288 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.144 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6030, 16.5982, 7.8682)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E47 #47B5BC

analogous

#BC477A #BC4E47 #BC8847

triadic

#BC4E47 #47BC4E #4E47BC

tetradic

#BC4E47 #7ABC47 #47B5BC #8847BC

square

#BC4E47 #7ABC47 #47B5BC #8847BC

split-complementary

#BC4E47 #47BC88 #477ABC

monochromatic

#642824 #913A35 #BC4E47 #CC7974 #DDA4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E47

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E47	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.144 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847a',
    500: '#bc4e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e47;
$custom-light: #d6847a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.59,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E47

secondary

#95C6C9

accent

#CED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E47

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

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