#BC4E48#BC4E48

#BC4E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E48
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 43.94, 26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 51.08, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1292 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.144 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6354, 16.6112, 8.0386)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E48 #48B6BC

analogous

#BC487C #BC4E48 #BC8848

triadic

#BC4E48 #48BC4E #4E48BC

tetradic

#BC4E48 #7CBC48 #48B6BC #8848BC

square

#BC4E48 #7CBC48 #48B6BC #8848BC

split-complementary

#BC4E48 #48BC88 #487CBC

monochromatic

#652825 #923A35 #BC4E48 #CC7975 #DDA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E48

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E48	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)

#6A6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847b',
    500: '#bc4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e48;
$custom-light: #d6847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56653,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E48

secondary

#96C7CA

accent

#CFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E48

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

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