#BC402D#BC402D

#BC402D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.163 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC402D
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 48.81, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 62.03, 38.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1392 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.163 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0486, 14.5510, 4.0771)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC402D #2DA9BC

analogous

#BC2D61 #BC402D #BC872D

triadic

#BC402D #2DBC40 #402DBC

tetradic

#BC402D #61BC2D #2DA9BC #872DBC

square

#BC402D #61BC2D #2DA9BC #872DBC

split-complementary

#BC402D #2DBC87 #2D61BC

monochromatic

#591E15 #8B2F21 #BC402D #D56251 #E18F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC402D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC402D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC402D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC402D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC402D	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc402d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.163 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b67',
    500: '#bc402d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc402d;
$custom-light: #d87b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc402d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.972,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54461,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC402D

secondary

#7BC0CA

accent

#CFE443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC402D

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

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