#BC4031#BC4031

#BC4031 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4031
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 49)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 48.98, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 60.85, 36.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1405 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.162 30)
XYZ	xyz(23.1293, 14.5833, 4.5021)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4031 #31ADBC

analogous

#BC3168 #BC4031 #BC8631

triadic

#BC4031 #31BC40 #4031BC

tetradic

#BC4031 #68BC31 #31ADBC #8631BC

square

#BC4031 #68BC31 #31ADBC #8631BC

split-complementary

#BC4031 #31BC86 #3168BC

monochromatic

#5B1F18 #8B2F24 #BC4031 #D36457 #E09188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC4031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC4031 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4031

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4031	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6a',
    500: '#bc4031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4031;
$custom-light: #d87b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54509,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.1458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4031

secondary

#7FC2CA

accent

#D1E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4031

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

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