#BC4539#BC4539

#BC4539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.156 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4539
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 57)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 47.19, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 57.36, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1365 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.156 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6081, 15.2463, 5.5698)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4539 #39B0BC

analogous

#BC396E #BC4539 #BC8639

triadic

#BC4539 #39BC45 #4539BC

tetradic

#BC4539 #6EBC39 #39B0BC #8639BC

square

#BC4539 #6EBC39 #39B0BC #8639BC

split-complementary

#BC4539 #39BC86 #396EBC

monochromatic

#5E231D #8D342B #BC4539 #D06D63 #DE9992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#BC4539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#BC4539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4539

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4539	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.156 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e70',
    500: '#bc4539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4539;
$custom-light: #d77e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55226,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4539

secondary

#88C3C9

accent

#CFDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4539

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

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