#BC4637#BC4637

#BC4637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.155 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4637
RGB	rgb(188, 70, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 46.64, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 57.66, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1344 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.155 30)
XYZ	xyz(23.6212, 15.3508, 5.3329)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4637 #37ADBC

analogous

#BC376A #BC4637 #BC8937

triadic

#BC4637 #37BC46 #4637BC

tetradic

#BC4637 #6ABC37 #37ADBC #8937BC

square

#BC4637 #6ABC37 #37ADBC #8937BC

split-complementary

#BC4637 #37BC89 #376ABC

monochromatic

#5D231B #8D3429 #BC4637 #D06C60 #DE988F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC4637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC4637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4637

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4637	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)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 70, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.155 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f6e',
    500: '#bc4637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4637;
$custom-light: #d77f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.767,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55324,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4637

secondary

#86C1C9

accent

#CDDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4637

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

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