#BC462F#BC462F

#BC462F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.157 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC462F
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 47)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 46.26, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 60.04, 39.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1317 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.157 33)
XYZ	xyz(23.4448, 15.2802, 4.4036)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC462F #2FA5BC

analogous

#BC2F5E #BC462F #BC8C2F

triadic

#BC462F #2FBC46 #462FBC

tetradic

#BC462F #5EBC2F #2FA5BC #8C2FBC

square

#BC462F #5EBC2F #2FA5BC #8C2FBC

split-complementary

#BC462F #2FBC8C #2F5EBC

monochromatic

#5A2217 #8B3423 #BC462F #D46954 #E09485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BC462F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC462F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC462F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC462F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC462F	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc462f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.157 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e69',
    500: '#bc462f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc462f;
$custom-light: #d87e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc462f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55222,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.15277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC462F

secondary

#7DBDCA

accent

#C9E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC462F

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

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