#BC4038#BC4038

#BC4038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4038
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 49.31, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 58.90, 33.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.143 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.161 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2887, 14.6470, 5.3415)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4038 #38B4BC

analogous

#BC3872 #BC4038 #BC8238

triadic

#BC4038 #38BC40 #4038BC

tetradic

#BC4038 #72BC38 #38B4BC #8238BC

square

#BC4038 #72BC38 #38B4BC #8238BC

split-complementary

#BC4038 #38BC82 #3872BC

monochromatic

#5E201C #8D302A #BC4038 #D06861 #DE9590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4038

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4038	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE203F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6f',
    500: '#bc4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4038;
$custom-light: #d87b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54604,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4038

secondary

#87C5C9

accent

#D5DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4038

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

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