#BC4F43#BC4F43

#BC4F43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F43
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 43.13, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 52.03, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1258 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.143 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5504, 16.6917, 7.2381)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F43 #43B0BC

analogous

#BC4374 #BC4F43 #BC8B43

triadic

#BC4F43 #43BC4F #4F43BC

tetradic

#BC4F43 #74BC43 #43B0BC #8B43BC

square

#BC4F43 #74BC43 #43B0BC #8B43BC

split-complementary

#BC4F43 #43BC8B #4374BC

monochromatic

#622923 #8F3C33 #BC4F43 #CC7970 #DCA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC4F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4F43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F43

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F43	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)

#6B6341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68477',
    500: '#bc4f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f43;
$custom-light: #d68477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F43

secondary

#92C3C9

accent

#CAD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F43

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

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