#BC4F4E#BC4F4E

#BC4F4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F4E
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 43.89, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 49.49, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1301 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.141 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9123, 16.8365, 9.1441)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F4E #4EBBBC

analogous

#BC4E84 #BC4F4E #BC864E

triadic

#BC4F4E #4EBC4F #4F4EBC

tetradic

#BC4F4E #84BC4E #4EBBBC #864EBC

square

#BC4F4E #84BC4E #4EBBBC #864EBC

split-complementary

#BC4F4E #4EBC86 #4E84BC

monochromatic

#682827 #953938 #BC4F4E #CD7B7A #DEA7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC4F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F4E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F4E	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6847f',
    500: '#bc4f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f4e;
$custom-light: #d6847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56903,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F4E

secondary

#9BCACB

accent

#D4D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F4E

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

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