#BC4136#BC4136

#BC4136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4136
RGB	rgb(188, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, 48.79, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 59.19, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.1409 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.16 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2977, 14.7416, 5.1080)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4136 #36B1BC

analogous

#BC366E #BC4136 #BC8436

triadic

#BC4136 #36BC41 #4136BC

tetradic

#BC4136 #6EBC36 #36B1BC #8436BC

square

#BC4136 #6EBC36 #36B1BC #8436BC

split-complementary

#BC4136 #36BC84 #366EBC

monochromatic

#5D201B #8C3128 #BC4136 #D1685E #DF958E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#BC4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4136

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4136	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF213F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c6d',
    500: '#bc4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4136;
$custom-light: #d87c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.925,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54694,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4136

secondary

#85C3C9

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4136

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

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