#BC4239#BC4239

#BC4239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.159 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4239
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 57)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 48.51, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 58.12, 33.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1407 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.159 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4282, 14.8865, 5.5098)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4239 #39B3BC

analogous

#BC3971 #BC4239 #BC8339

triadic

#BC4239 #39BC42 #4239BC

tetradic

#BC4239 #71BC39 #39B3BC #8339BC

square

#BC4239 #71BC39 #39B3BC #8339BC

split-complementary

#BC4239 #39BC83 #3971BC

monochromatic

#5E211D #8D322B #BC4239 #D06A63 #DE9792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#BC4239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BC4239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4239

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4239	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.159 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c70',
    500: '#bc4239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4239;
$custom-light: #d87c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54857,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4239

secondary

#88C4C9

accent

#D3DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4239

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

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