#BC4537#BC4537

#BC4537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.156 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4537
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 47.09, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 57.91, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% 0.1358 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.156 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5592, 15.2267, 5.3122)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4537 #37AEBC

analogous

#BC376B #BC4537 #BC8837

triadic

#BC4537 #37BC45 #4537BC

tetradic

#BC4537 #6BBC37 #37AEBC #8837BC

square

#BC4537 #6BBC37 #37AEBC #8837BC

split-complementary

#BC4537 #37BC88 #376BBC

monochromatic

#5D221B #8D3429 #BC4537 #D06C60 #DE978F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#BC4537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#BC4537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4537

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4537	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.156 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e6e',
    500: '#bc4537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4537;
$custom-light: #d87e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55198,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4537

secondary

#86C2C9

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4537

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

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