#BC452E#BC452E

#BC452E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.158 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC452E
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 46.67, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 60.58, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1327 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.158 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3628, 15.1482, 4.2779)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC452E #2EA5BC

analogous

#BC2E5E #BC452E #BC8C2E

triadic

#BC452E #2EBC45 #452EBC

tetradic

#BC452E #5EBC2E #2EA5BC #8C2EBC

square

#BC452E #5EBC2E #2EA5BC #8C2EBC

split-complementary

#BC452E #2EBC8C #2E5EBC

monochromatic

#5A2116 #8B3322 #BC452E #D56852 #E19384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BC452E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC452E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC452E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC452E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC452E	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc452e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.158 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e68',
    500: '#bc452e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc452e;
$custom-light: #d87e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc452e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55084,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC452E

secondary

#7CBDCA

accent

#CAE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC452E

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

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