#BC4F47#BC4F47

#BC4F47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F47
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 71)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 43.39, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 51.02, 31.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1273 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.143 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6746, 16.7414, 7.8921)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F47 #47B4BC

analogous

#BC4779 #BC4F47 #BC8A47

triadic

#BC4F47 #47BC4F #4F47BC

tetradic

#BC4F47 #79BC47 #47B4BC #8A47BC

square

#BC4F47 #79BC47 #47B4BC #8A47BC

split-complementary

#BC4F47 #47BC8A #4779BC

monochromatic

#642924 #913B35 #BC4F47 #CC7A74 #DDA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC4F47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F47

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F47	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)

#6B6346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847a',
    500: '#bc4f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f47;
$custom-light: #d6847a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.103,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56773,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F47

secondary

#95C6C9

accent

#CDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F47

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

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