#BC4636#BC4636

#BC4636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.155 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4636
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 46.59, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 57.95, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.134 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.155 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5975, 15.3413, 5.2079)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4636 #36ACBC

analogous

#BC3669 #BC4636 #BC8936

triadic

#BC4636 #36BC46 #4636BC

tetradic

#BC4636 #69BC36 #36ACBC #8936BC

square

#BC4636 #69BC36 #36ACBC #8936BC

split-complementary

#BC4636 #36BC89 #3669BC

monochromatic

#5D231B #8C3428 #BC4636 #D16C5E #DF988E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC4636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4636

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4636	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.155 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87f6e',
    500: '#bc4636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4636;
$custom-light: #d87f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55311,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4636

secondary

#85C1C9

accent

#CDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4636

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

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