#BC4937#BC4937

#BC4937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.152 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4937
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 45.27, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 56.92, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1301 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.152 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8136, 15.7355, 5.3970)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4937 #37AABC

analogous

#BC3768 #BC4937 #BC8B37

triadic

#BC4937 #37BC49 #4937BC

tetradic

#BC4937 #68BC37 #37AABC #8B37BC

square

#BC4937 #68BC37 #37AABC #8B37BC

split-complementary

#BC4937 #37BC8B #3768BC

monochromatic

#5D241B #8D3729 #BC4937 #D06F60 #DE9A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4937

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4937	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.152 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806e',
    500: '#bc4937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4937;
$custom-light: #d7806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55712,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4937

secondary

#86C0C9

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4937

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

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