#BC492E#BC492E

#BC492E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.154 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC492E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 44.85, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 59.67, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1271 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.154 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6172, 15.6570, 4.3627)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC492E #2EA1BC

analogous

#BC2E5A #BC492E #BC902E

triadic

#BC492E #2EBC49 #492EBC

tetradic

#BC492E #5ABC2E #2EA1BC #902EBC

square

#BC492E #5ABC2E #2EA1BC #902EBC

split-complementary

#BC492E #2EBC90 #2E5ABC

monochromatic

#5A2316 #8B3622 #BC492E #D56B52 #E19584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC492E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC492E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC492E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC492E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC492E	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc492e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.154 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88068',
    500: '#bc492e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc492e;
$custom-light: #d88068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc492e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.408,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.556,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC492E

secondary

#7CBBCA

accent

#C5E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC492E

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

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