#BC4E4F#BC4E4F

#BC4E4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E4F
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 79)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 44.45, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 49.61, 26.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.132 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.143 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8769, 16.7078, 9.3105)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E4F #4EBCBB

analogous

#BC4E86 #BC4E4F #BC844E

triadic

#BC4E4F #4FBC4E #4E4FBC

tetradic

#BC4E4F #86BC4E #4EBCBB #844EBC

square

#BC4E4F #86BC4E #4EBCBB #844EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E4F #4EBC84 #4E86BC

monochromatic

#682728 #953839 #BC4E4F #CD7A7B #DEA7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC4E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E4F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E4F	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68480',
    500: '#bc4e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e4f;
$custom-light: #d68480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56786,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E4F

secondary

#9BCBCA

accent

#D5D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E4F

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

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