#BC401E#BC401E

#BC401E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.166 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC401E
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 30)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 48.31, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 66.57, 43.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1349 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.166 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8094, 14.4553, 2.8171)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC401E #1E9ABC

analogous

#BC1E4B #BC401E #BC8F1E

triadic

#BC401E #1EBC40 #401EBC

tetradic

#BC401E #4BBC1E #1E9ABC #8F1EBC

square

#BC401E #4BBC1E #1E9ABC #8F1EBC

split-complementary

#BC401E #1EBC8F #1E4BBC

monochromatic

#521C0D #872E16 #BC401E #DF5C38 #E8876D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC401E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC401E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC401E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC401E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC401E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc401e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.166 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b5d',
    500: '#bc401e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc401e;
$custom-light: #d97b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc401e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.911,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54317,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC401E

secondary

#68B8CE

accent

#C8EF39

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC401E

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

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