#BC442D#BC442D

#BC442D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.159 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC442D
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 47.07, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 61.12, 39.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1338 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.159 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2823, 15.0184, 4.1550)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC442D #2DA5BC

analogous

#BC2D5E #BC442D #BC8B2D

triadic

#BC442D #2DBC44 #442DBC

tetradic

#BC442D #5EBC2D #2DA5BC #8B2DBC

square

#BC442D #5EBC2D #2DA5BC #8B2DBC

split-complementary

#BC442D #2DBC8B #2D5EBC

monochromatic

#592015 #8B3221 #BC442D #D56651 #E19282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BC442D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BC442D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC442D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC442D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC442D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF253F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc442d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.159 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87d67',
    500: '#bc442d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc442d;
$custom-light: #d87d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc442d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.65,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54947,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC442D

secondary

#7BBDCA

accent

#CBE443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC442D

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

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