#BC431E#BC431E

#BC431E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.163 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC431E
RGB	rgb(188, 67, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 47.01, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 65.94, 44.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1309 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.163 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9832, 14.8028, 2.8751)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC431E #1E97BC

analogous

#BC1E48 #BC431E #BC921E

triadic

#BC431E #1EBC43 #431EBC

tetradic

#BC431E #48BC1E #1E97BC #921EBC

square

#BC431E #48BC1E #1E97BC #921EBC

split-complementary

#BC431E #1EBC92 #1E48BC

monochromatic

#521D0D #873016 #BC431E #DF5F38 #E88A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BC431E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC431E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC431E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC431E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC431E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF203C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc431e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 67, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.163 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97d5e',
    500: '#bc431e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc431e;
$custom-light: #d97d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc431e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.051,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54682,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC431E

secondary

#68B6CE

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC431E

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

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