#BC4336#BC4336

#BC4336 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.158 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4336
RGBrgb(188, 67, 54)
HSLhsl(6, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(6, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.60, 47.92, 33.89)
CIE-LCHlch(45.60, 58.69, 35.27°)
OKLaboklab(54.94% 0.1382 0.0774)
OKLCHoklch(54.94% 0.158 29.3)
XYZxyz(23.4145, 14.9753, 5.1469)
Luminance0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4336 #36AFBC
analogous
#BC366C #BC4336 #BC8636
triadic
#BC4336 #36BC43 #4336BC
tetradic
#BC4336 #6CBC36 #36AFBC #8636BC
square
#BC4336 #6CBC36 #36AFBC #8636BC
split-complementary
#BC4336 #36BC86 #366CBC
monochromatic
#5D211B #8C3228 #BC4336 #D1695E #DF968E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#BC4336 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#BC4336 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4336
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4336#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC43361.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#645B34
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827632
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE2541
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 67, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.158 29.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87d6d',
    500: '#bc4336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4336;
$custom-light: #d87d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54936,
    "c": 0.15842,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4336
secondary
#85C2C9
accent
#D0DF49
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FCEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

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#BC4336 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva