#BC4F48#BC4F48

#BC4F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F48
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 43.46, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 50.78, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1277 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.142 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7070, 16.7543, 8.0625)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F48 #48B5BC

analogous

#BC487B #BC4F48 #BC8948

triadic

#BC4F48 #48BC4F #4F48BC

tetradic

#BC4F48 #7BBC48 #48B5BC #8948BC

square

#BC4F48 #7BBC48 #48B5BC #8948BC

split-complementary

#BC4F48 #48BC89 #487BBC

monochromatic

#652925 #923B35 #BC4F48 #CC7A75 #DDA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC4F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F48

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F48	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)

#6B6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847b',
    500: '#bc4f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f48;
$custom-light: #d6847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56791,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F48

secondary

#96C6CA

accent

#CED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F48

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

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