#BC4E49#BC4E49

#BC4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E49
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 44.01, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 50.85, 30.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1296 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.143 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6683, 16.6243, 8.2118)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E49 #49B7BC

analogous

#BC497D #BC4E49 #BC8749

triadic

#BC4E49 #49BC4E #4E49BC

tetradic

#BC4E49 #7DBC49 #49B7BC #8749BC

square

#BC4E49 #7DBC49 #49B7BC #8749BC

split-complementary

#BC4E49 #49BC87 #497DBC

monochromatic

#652825 #923A36 #BC4E49 #CC7A76 #DDA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E49

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E49	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)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847c',
    500: '#bc4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e49;
$custom-light: #d6847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E49

secondary

#97C8CA

accent

#D0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E49

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

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