#BC4F42#BC4F42

#BC4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F42
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 43.07, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 52.29, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1254 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.144 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5207, 16.6798, 7.0815)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F42 #42AFBC

analogous

#BC4272 #BC4F42 #BC8C42

triadic

#BC4F42 #42BC4F #4F42BC

tetradic

#BC4F42 #72BC42 #42AFBC #8C42BC

square

#BC4F42 #72BC42 #42AFBC #8C42BC

split-complementary

#BC4F42 #42BC8C #4272BC

monochromatic

#612922 #8F3C32 #BC4F42 #CC796F #DCA39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F42

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F42	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)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68476',
    500: '#bc4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f42;
$custom-light: #d68476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.393,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56689,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F42

secondary

#91C3C9

accent

#C9D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F42

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

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