#BC4236#BC4236

#BC4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.159 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4236
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 48.35, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 58.94, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1396 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.159 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3556, 14.8575, 5.1273)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4236 #36B0BC

analogous

#BC366D #BC4236 #BC8536

triadic

#BC4236 #36BC42 #4236BC

tetradic

#BC4236 #6DBC36 #36B0BC #8536BC

square

#BC4236 #6DBC36 #36B0BC #8536BC

split-complementary

#BC4236 #36BC85 #366DBC

monochromatic

#5D211B #8C3128 #BC4236 #D1695E #DF958E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#BC4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#BC4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4236

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4236	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.159 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c6d',
    500: '#bc4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4236;
$custom-light: #d87c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54814,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4236

secondary

#85C3C9

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4236

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

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