#BC4F50#BC4F50

#BC4F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F50
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 44.04, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 49.10, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1309 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.141 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9851, 16.8656, 9.5275)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F50 #4FBCBB

analogous

#BC4F86 #BC4F50 #BC854F

triadic

#BC4F50 #50BC4F #4F50BC

tetradic

#BC4F50 #86BC4F #4FBCBB #854FBC

square

#BC4F50 #86BC4F #4FBCBB #854FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F50 #4FBC85 #4F86BC

monochromatic

#692828 #95393A #BC4F50 #CD7B7C #DEA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F50

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F50	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68481',
    500: '#bc4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f50;
$custom-light: #d68481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.45,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F50

secondary

#9CCBCB

accent

#D5D353

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F50

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

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