#BC4435#BC4435

#BC4435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.158 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4435
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 53)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 47.43, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 58.73, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1365 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.158 30)
XYZ	xyz(23.4512, 15.0860, 5.0445)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4435 #35ADBC

analogous

#BC3569 #BC4435 #BC8835

triadic

#BC4435 #35BC44 #4435BC

tetradic

#BC4435 #69BC35 #35ADBC #8835BC

square

#BC4435 #69BC35 #35ADBC #8835BC

split-complementary

#BC4435 #35BC88 #3569BC

monochromatic

#5D211A #8C3328 #BC4435 #D16A5D #DF968D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BC4435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BC4435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4435

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4435	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.158 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87d6d',
    500: '#bc4435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4435;
$custom-light: #d87d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55046,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4435

secondary

#84C1C9

accent

#CFDF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4435

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

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