#BC4F46#BC4F46

#BC4F46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F46
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 70)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 43.32, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 51.27, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1269 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.143 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6428, 16.7287, 7.7244)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F46 #46B3BC

analogous

#BC4678 #BC4F46 #BC8A46

triadic

#BC4F46 #46BC4F #4F46BC

tetradic

#BC4F46 #78BC46 #46B3BC #8A46BC

square

#BC4F46 #78BC46 #46B3BC #8A46BC

split-complementary

#BC4F46 #46BC8A #4678BC

monochromatic

#642924 #903B34 #BC4F46 #CC7A73 #DDA4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC4F46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F46

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F46	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68479',
    500: '#bc4f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f46;
$custom-light: #d68479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.576,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F46

secondary

#95C5C9

accent

#CCD651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F46

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

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