#BC442E#BC442E

#BC442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.159 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC442E
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 47.12, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 60.81, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1341 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.159 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3018, 15.0262, 4.2576)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC442E #2EA6BC

analogous

#BC2E5F #BC442E #BC8B2E

triadic

#BC442E #2EBC44 #442EBC

tetradic

#BC442E #5FBC2E #2EA6BC #8B2EBC

square

#BC442E #5FBC2E #2EA6BC #8B2EBC

split-complementary

#BC442E #2EBC8B #2E5FBC

monochromatic

#5A2016 #8B3222 #BC442E #D56752 #E19284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#BC442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BC442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC442E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC442E	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.159 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87d68',
    500: '#bc442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc442e;
$custom-light: #d87d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.296,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54958,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC442E

secondary

#7CBECA

accent

#CBE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC442E

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

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