#BC402F#BC402F

#BC402F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.163 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC402F
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 47)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 48.89, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 61.44, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1398 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.163 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0881, 14.5667, 4.2847)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC402F #2FABBC

analogous

#BC2F64 #BC402F #BC862F

triadic

#BC402F #2FBC40 #402FBC

tetradic

#BC402F #64BC2F #2FABBC #862FBC

square

#BC402F #64BC2F #2FABBC #862FBC

split-complementary

#BC402F #2FBC86 #2F64BC

monochromatic

#5A1F17 #8B2F23 #BC402F #D46354 #E09085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC402F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC402F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC402F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC402F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC402F	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)

#63592C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc402f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.163 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b68',
    500: '#bc402f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc402f;
$custom-light: #d87b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc402f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.234,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54484,
    "c": 0.16268,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC402F

secondary

#7DC1CA

accent

#D0E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC402F

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

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