#BC4E4B#BC4E4B

#BC4E4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E4B
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 75)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 44.15, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 50.41, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1304 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.143 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7356, 16.6513, 8.5667)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E4B #4BB9BC

analogous

#BC4B81 #BC4E4B #BC874B

triadic

#BC4E4B #4BBC4E #4E4BBC

tetradic

#BC4E4B #81BC4B #4BB9BC #874BBC

square

#BC4E4B #81BC4B #4BB9BC #874BBC

split-complementary

#BC4E4B #4BBC87 #4B81BC

monochromatic

#662826 #933937 #BC4E4B #CD7A78 #DDA6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E4B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E4B	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)

#69634A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847d',
    500: '#bc4e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e4b;
$custom-light: #d6847d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.593,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56708,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E4B

secondary

#99C9CA

accent

#D2D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E4B

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

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