#BC4436#BC4436

#BC4436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.157 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4436
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 47.48, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 58.45, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1368 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.157 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4745, 15.0952, 5.1669)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4436 #36AEBC

analogous

#BC366B #BC4436 #BC8736

triadic

#BC4436 #36BC44 #4436BC

tetradic

#BC4436 #6BBC36 #36AEBC #8736BC

square

#BC4436 #6BBC36 #36AEBC #8736BC

split-complementary

#BC4436 #36BC87 #366BBC

monochromatic

#5D221B #8C3328 #BC4436 #D16A5E #DF968E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BC4436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BC4436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4436

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4436	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)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.157 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87d6d',
    500: '#bc4436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4436;
$custom-light: #d87d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55059,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4436

secondary

#85C2C9

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4436

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

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