#BC4831#BC4831

#BC4831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.155 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4831
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 49)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 45.44, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 58.97, 39.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1295 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.155 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6133, 15.5511, 4.6634)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4831 #31A5BC

analogous

#BC3160 #BC4831 #BC8E31

triadic

#BC4831 #31BC48 #4831BC

tetradic

#BC4831 #60BC31 #31A5BC #8E31BC

square

#BC4831 #60BC31 #31A5BC #8E31BC

split-complementary

#BC4831 #31BC8E #3160BC

monochromatic

#5B2318 #8B3524 #BC4831 #D36C57 #E09688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BC4831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC4831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4831

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4831	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.155 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8806a',
    500: '#bc4831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4831;
$custom-light: #d8806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55504,
    "c": 0.15456,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4831

secondary

#7FBDCA

accent

#C8E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4831

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

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