#BC4F40#BC4F40

#BC4F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F40
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 42.94, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 52.84, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1246 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.144 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4628, 16.6567, 6.7764)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F40 #40ADBC

analogous

#BC406F #BC4F40 #BC8D40

triadic

#BC4F40 #40BC4F #4F40BC

tetradic

#BC4F40 #6FBC40 #40ADBC #8D40BC

square

#BC4F40 #6FBC40 #40ADBC #8D40BC

split-complementary

#BC4F40 #40BC8D #406FBC

monochromatic

#612921 #8E3C30 #BC4F40 #CD786C #DDA29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F40

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F40	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)

#6B633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78475',
    500: '#bc4f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f40;
$custom-light: #d78475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56657,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F40

secondary

#8FC2C9

accent

#C8D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F40

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

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