#BC402E#BC402E

#BC402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.163 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC402E
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 48.85, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 61.74, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.1395 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.163 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0681, 14.5588, 4.1797)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC402E #2EAABC

analogous

#BC2E63 #BC402E #BC872E

triadic

#BC402E #2EBC40 #402EBC

tetradic

#BC402E #63BC2E #2EAABC #872EBC

square

#BC402E #63BC2E #2EAABC #872EBC

split-complementary

#BC402E #2EBC87 #2E63BC

monochromatic

#5A1F16 #8B2F22 #BC402E #D56352 #E18F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC402E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC402E	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)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.163 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b68',
    500: '#bc402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc402e;
$custom-light: #d87b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.606,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54472,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC402E

secondary

#7CC0CA

accent

#D0E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC402E

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

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