#BC4531#BC4531

#BC4531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.157 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4531
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 49)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 46.80, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 59.67, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1337 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.157 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4240, 15.1727, 4.6003)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4531 #31A8BC

analogous

#BC3163 #BC4531 #BC8B31

triadic

#BC4531 #31BC45 #4531BC

tetradic

#BC4531 #63BC31 #31A8BC #8B31BC

square

#BC4531 #63BC31 #31A8BC #8B31BC

split-complementary

#BC4531 #31BC8B #3163BC

monochromatic

#5B2118 #8B3324 #BC4531 #D36957 #E09488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BC4531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC4531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4531

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4531	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)

#665C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.157 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e6a',
    500: '#bc4531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4531;
$custom-light: #d87e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55119,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4531

secondary

#7FBFCA

accent

#CBE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4531

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

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