#BC4E4A#BC4E4A

#BC4E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E4A
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 74)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 44.08, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 50.63, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.13 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.143 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7017, 16.6377, 8.3879)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E4A #4AB8BC

analogous

#BC4A7F #BC4E4A #BC874A

triadic

#BC4E4A #4ABC4E #4E4ABC

tetradic

#BC4E4A #7FBC4A #4AB8BC #874ABC

square

#BC4E4A #7FBC4A #4AB8BC #874ABC

split-complementary

#BC4E4A #4ABC87 #4A7FBC

monochromatic

#662826 #933936 #BC4E4A #CD7A77 #DDA5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E4A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E4A	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847c',
    500: '#bc4e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e4a;
$custom-light: #d6847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5669,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E4A

secondary

#98C8CA

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E4A

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

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