#BC4730#BC4730

#BC4730 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.156 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4730
RGBrgb(188, 71, 48)
HSLhsl(10, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(10, 74%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.20, 45.86, 37.92)
CIE-LCHlch(46.20, 59.51, 39.59°)
OKLaboklab(55.36% 0.1306 0.0849)
OKLCHoklch(55.36% 0.156 33)
XYZxyz(23.5283, 15.4145, 4.5321)
Luminance0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4730 #30A5BC
analogous
#BC305F #BC4730 #BC8D30
triadic
#BC4730 #30BC47 #4730BC
tetradic
#BC4730 #5FBC30 #30A5BC #8D30BC
square
#BC4730 #5FBC30 #30A5BC #8D30BC
split-complementary
#BC4730 #30BC8D #305FBC
monochromatic
#5A2217 #8B3524 #BC4730 #D46A55 #E09586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14
#BC4730 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08
#BC4730 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4730
5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4730#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC47301.005.144.085.14
#FFFFFF5.141.0021.001.00
#0000004.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#675D2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84772C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF2A42
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.156 33.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87f69',
    500: '#bc4730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4730;
$custom-light: #d87f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55362,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.15411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4730
secondary
#7EBDCA
accent
#C9E345
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEB
border
#D5CAC6
text
#160A06
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4730

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#BC4730 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva