#BC4835#BC4835

#BC4835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.154 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4835
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 53)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 45.63, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 57.76, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1309 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.154 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7015, 15.5864, 5.1279)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4835 #35A9BC

analogous

#BC3566 #BC4835 #BC8B35

triadic

#BC4835 #35BC48 #4835BC

tetradic

#BC4835 #66BC35 #35A9BC #8B35BC

square

#BC4835 #66BC35 #35A9BC #8B35BC

split-complementary

#BC4835 #35BC8B #3566BC

monochromatic

#5D231A #8C3628 #BC4835 #D16D5D #DF988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BC4835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BC4835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4835

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4835	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.154 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806d',
    500: '#bc4835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4835;
$custom-light: #d7806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55554,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4835

secondary

#84BFC9

accent

#CADF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4835

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

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