#BC4F45#BC4F45

#BC4F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F45
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 43.26, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 51.51, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1265 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.143 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6115, 16.7161, 7.5596)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F45 #45B2BC

analogous

#BC4576 #BC4F45 #BC8A45

triadic

#BC4F45 #45BC4F #4F45BC

tetradic

#BC4F45 #76BC45 #45B2BC #8A45BC

square

#BC4F45 #76BC45 #45B2BC #8A45BC

split-complementary

#BC4F45 #45BC8A #4576BC

monochromatic

#632924 #903C34 #BC4F45 #CC7A72 #DCA49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC4F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F45

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F45	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)

#6B6343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68479',
    500: '#bc4f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f45;
$custom-light: #d68479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.042,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56738,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F45

secondary

#94C4C9

accent

#CBD751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F45

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

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