#BC4829#BC4829

#BC4829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.156 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4829
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 41)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 45.11, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 61.47, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.127 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.156 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4592, 15.4895, 3.8519)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4829 #299DBC

analogous

#BC2954 #BC4829 #BC9129

triadic

#BC4829 #29BC48 #4829BC

tetradic

#BC4829 #54BC29 #299DBC #9129BC

square

#BC4829 #54BC29 #299DBC #9129BC

split-complementary

#BC4829 #29BC91 #2954BC

monochromatic

#582213 #8A351E #BC4829 #D8684B #E3927D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#BC4829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BC4829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4829

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4829	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.156 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88065',
    500: '#bc4829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4829;
$custom-light: #d88065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.653,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55415,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4829

secondary

#76B9CB

accent

#C4E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4829

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

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