#BC4737#BC4737

#BC4737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4737
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 46.19, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 57.42, 36.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.133 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.154 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6843, 15.4769, 5.3539)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4737 #37ACBC

analogous

#BC3769 #BC4737 #BC8937

triadic

#BC4737 #37BC47 #4737BC

tetradic

#BC4737 #69BC37 #37ACBC #8937BC

square

#BC4737 #69BC37 #37ACBC #8937BC

split-complementary

#BC4737 #37BC89 #3769BC

monochromatic

#5D231B #8D3529 #BC4737 #D06D60 #DE998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#BC4737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#BC4737 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4737

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4737	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f6e',
    500: '#bc4737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4737;
$custom-light: #d77f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55452,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4737

secondary

#86C1C9

accent

#CCDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4737

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

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