#BC441E#BC441E

#BC441E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.162 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC441E
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 46.56, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 65.73, 44.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1296 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.162 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0431, 14.9227, 2.8951)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC441E #1E96BC

analogous

#BC1E47 #BC441E #BC931E

triadic

#BC441E #1EBC44 #441EBC

tetradic

#BC441E #47BC1E #1E96BC #931EBC

square

#BC441E #47BC1E #1E96BC #931EBC

split-complementary

#BC441E #1EBC93 #1E47BC

monochromatic

#521E0D #873116 #BC441E #DF6038 #E88A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#BC441E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BC441E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC441E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC441E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC441E	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF223D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc441e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.162 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97d5e',
    500: '#bc441e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc441e;
$custom-light: #d97d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc441e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.43,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54806,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC441E

secondary

#68B5CE

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC441E

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

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