#BC4F41#BC4F41

#BC4F41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F41
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 43.00, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 52.56, 35.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.125 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.144 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4915, 16.6681, 6.9276)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F41 #41AEBC

analogous

#BC4171 #BC4F41 #BC8D41

triadic

#BC4F41 #41BC4F #4F41BC

tetradic

#BC4F41 #71BC41 #41AEBC #8D41BC

square

#BC4F41 #71BC41 #41AEBC #8D41BC

split-complementary

#BC4F41 #41BC8D #4171BC

monochromatic

#612922 #8F3C31 #BC4F41 #CD786E #DCA29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4F41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F41

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F41	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)

#6B633F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68476',
    500: '#bc4f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f41;
$custom-light: #d68476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.829,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56672,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F41

secondary

#90C2C9

accent

#C9D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F41

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

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