#BC4037#BC4037

#BC4037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4037
RGBrgb(188, 64, 55)
HSLhsl(4, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(4, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.13, 49.26, 32.78)
CIE-LCHlch(45.13, 59.17, 33.64°)
OKLaboklab(54.59% 0.1426 0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(54.59% 0.161 27.8)
XYZxyz(23.2645, 14.6373, 5.2139)
Luminance0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4037 #37B3BC
analogous
#BC3771 #BC4037 #BC8237
triadic
#BC4037 #37BC40 #4037BC
tetradic
#BC4037 #71BC37 #37B3BC #8237BC
square
#BC4037 #71BC37 #37B3BC #8237BC
split-complementary
#BC4037 #37BC82 #3771BC
monochromatic
#5D201B #8D3029 #BC4037 #D06760 #DE948F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35
#BC4037 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93
#BC4037 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4037
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4037#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC40371.005.353.935.35
#FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00
#0000003.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#625A35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#817533
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF1F3F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 27.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6e',
    500: '#bc4037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4037;
$custom-light: #d87b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.06,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5459,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4037
secondary
#86C4C9
accent
#D4DE4A
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FCEEEC
border
#D5C9C7
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4037

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#BC4037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva