#BC4935#BC4935

#BC4935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.153 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4935
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 45.17, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 57.52, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1294 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.153 32)
XYZ	xyz(23.7666, 15.7168, 5.1496)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4935 #35A8BC

analogous

#BC3564 #BC4935 #BC8D35

triadic

#BC4935 #35BC49 #4935BC

tetradic

#BC4935 #64BC35 #35A8BC #8D35BC

square

#BC4935 #64BC35 #35A8BC #8D35BC

split-complementary

#BC4935 #35BC8D #3564BC

monochromatic

#5D241A #8C3628 #BC4935 #D16E5D #DF998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BC4935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC4935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4935

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4935	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.153 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806d',
    500: '#bc4935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4935;
$custom-light: #d7806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55685,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.15713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4935

secondary

#84BFC9

accent

#C9DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4935

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

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