#BC472B#BC472B

#BC472B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.157 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC472B
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 45.65, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 61.06, 41.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.129 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.157 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4309, 15.3756, 4.0190)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC472B #2BA0BC

analogous

#BC2B58 #BC472B #BC8F2B

triadic

#BC472B #2BBC47 #472BBC

tetradic

#BC472B #58BC2B #2BA0BC #8F2BBC

square

#BC472B #58BC2B #2BA0BC #8F2BBC

split-complementary

#BC472B #2BBC8F #2B58BC

monochromatic

#582114 #8A3420 #BC472B #D6684E #E29380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BC472B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC472B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC472B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC472B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC472B	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc472b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.157 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87f66',
    500: '#bc472b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc472b;
$custom-light: #d87f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc472b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.586,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55306,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC472B

secondary

#78BBCB

accent

#C6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC472B

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

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