#BC4930#BC4930

#BC4930 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.154 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4930
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 48)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 44.94, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 59.05, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1277 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.154 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6576, 15.6731, 4.5752)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4930 #30A3BC

analogous

#BC305D #BC4930 #BC8F30

triadic

#BC4930 #30BC49 #4930BC

tetradic

#BC4930 #5DBC30 #30A3BC #8F30BC

square

#BC4930 #5DBC30 #30A3BC #8F30BC

split-complementary

#BC4930 #30BC8F #305DBC

monochromatic

#5A2317 #8B3624 #BC4930 #D46C55 #E09686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC4930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC4930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4930

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4930	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)

#695E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.154 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8806a',
    500: '#bc4930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4930;
$custom-light: #d8806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55623,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4930

secondary

#7EBCCA

accent

#C6E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4930

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

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