#BC4927#BC4927

#BC4927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.156 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4927
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 39)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 44.58, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 61.89, 43.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.125 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.156 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4903, 15.6062, 3.6944)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4927 #279ABC

analogous

#BC2750 #BC4927 #BC9427

triadic

#BC4927 #27BC49 #4927BC

tetradic

#BC4927 #50BC27 #279ABC #9427BC

square

#BC4927 #50BC27 #279ABC #9427BC

split-complementary

#BC4927 #27BC94 #2750BC

monochromatic

#572212 #89351C #BC4927 #D96947 #E3927A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BC4927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BC4927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4927

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4927	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)

#695E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.156 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88064',
    500: '#bc4927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4927;
$custom-light: #d88064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.691,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55527,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4927

secondary

#73B7CB

accent

#C2E93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4927

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

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