#BC422E#BC422E

#BC422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.161 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC422E
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 47.99, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 61.27, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1368 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.161 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1829, 14.7884, 4.2180)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC422E #2EA8BC

analogous

#BC2E61 #BC422E #BC892E

triadic

#BC422E #2EBC42 #422EBC

tetradic

#BC422E #61BC2E #2EA8BC #892EBC

square

#BC422E #61BC2E #2EA8BC #892EBC

split-complementary

#BC422E #2EBC89 #2E61BC

monochromatic

#5A1F16 #8B3122 #BC422E #D56552 #E19184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC422E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC422E	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83752A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF213E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.161 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c68',
    500: '#bc422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc422e;
$custom-light: #d87c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54712,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC422E

secondary

#7CBFCA

accent

#CDE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC422E

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

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