#BC4F4F#BC4F4F

#BC4F4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F4F
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 79)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 43.97, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 49.29, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1305 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.141 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9485, 16.8509, 9.3344)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F4F #4FBCBC

analogous

#BC4F86 #BC4F4F #BC864F

triadic

#BC4F4F #4FBC4F #4F4FBC

tetradic

#BC4F4F #86BC4F #4FBCBC #864FBC

square

#BC4F4F #86BC4F #4FBCBC #864FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F4F #4FBC86 #4F86BC

monochromatic

#692828 #953939 #BC4F4F #CD7B7B #DEA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC4F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4F4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F4F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F4F	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)

#6A644E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68480',
    500: '#bc4f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f4f;
$custom-light: #d68480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56923,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F4F

secondary

#9CCBCB

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F4F

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

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