#BC492F#BC492F

#BC492F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.154 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC492F
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 44.90, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 59.36, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1274 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.154 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6372, 15.6650, 4.4677)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC492F #2FA2BC

analogous

#BC2F5B #BC492F #BC8F2F

triadic

#BC492F #2FBC49 #492FBC

tetradic

#BC492F #5BBC2F #2FA2BC #8F2FBC

square

#BC492F #5BBC2F #2FA2BC #8F2FBC

split-complementary

#BC492F #2FBC8F #2F5BBC

monochromatic

#5A2317 #8B3623 #BC492F #D46C54 #E09685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC492F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC492F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC492F

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC492F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC492F	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)

#695E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc492f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.154 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88069',
    500: '#bc492f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc492f;
$custom-light: #d88069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc492f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.064,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55611,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC492F

secondary

#7DBCCA

accent

#C6E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC492F

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

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