#BC472E#BC472E

#BC472E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.156 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC472E
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 45.77, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 60.12, 40.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.1299 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.156 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4879, 15.3984, 4.3196)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC472E #2EA3BC

analogous

#BC2E5C #BC472E #BC8E2E

triadic

#BC472E #2EBC47 #472EBC

tetradic

#BC472E #5CBC2E #2EA3BC #8E2EBC

square

#BC472E #5CBC2E #2EA3BC #8E2EBC

split-complementary

#BC472E #2EBC8E #2E5CBC

monochromatic

#5A2216 #8B3422 #BC472E #D56952 #E19484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BC472E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BC472E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC472E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC472E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC472E	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc472e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.156 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87f68',
    500: '#bc472e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc472e;
$custom-light: #d87f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc472e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.563,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55339,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC472E

secondary

#7CBCCA

accent

#C8E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC472E

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

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