#BC4936#BC4936

#BC4936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.152 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4936
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 45.22, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 57.22, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1298 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.152 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7899, 15.7261, 5.2720)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4936 #36A9BC

analogous

#BC3666 #BC4936 #BC8C36

triadic

#BC4936 #36BC49 #4936BC

tetradic

#BC4936 #66BC36 #36A9BC #8C36BC

square

#BC4936 #66BC36 #36A9BC #8C36BC

split-complementary

#BC4936 #36BC8C #3666BC

monochromatic

#5D241B #8C3728 #BC4936 #D16F5E #DF998E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BC4936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC4936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4936

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4936	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)

#685F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.152 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806e',
    500: '#bc4936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4936;
$custom-light: #d7806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55699,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4936

secondary

#85BFC9

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4936

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

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