#BC4A27#BC4A27

#BC4A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.155 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4A27
RGBrgb(188, 74, 39)
HSLhsl(14, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(14, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.63, 44.12, 43.11)
CIE-LCHlch(46.63, 61.68, 44.34°)
OKLaboklab(55.66% 0.1235 0.0938)
OKLCHoklch(55.66% 0.155 37.2)
XYZxyz(23.5566, 15.7387, 3.7165)
Luminance0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4A27 #2799BC
analogous
#BC274F #BC4A27 #BC9527
triadic
#BC4A27 #27BC4A #4A27BC
tetradic
#BC4A27 #4FBC27 #2799BC #9527BC
square
#BC4A27 #4FBC27 #2799BC #9527BC
split-complementary
#BC4A27 #27BC95 #274FBC
monochromatic
#572212 #89361C #BC4A27 #D96A47 #E3937A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06
#BC4A27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15
#BC4A27 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A27
5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4A27#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC4A271.005.064.155.06
#FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A5F22
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#867823
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF2E43
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.155 37.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88164',
    500: '#bc4a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4a27;
$custom-light: #d88164;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.094,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5566,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4A27
secondary
#73B7CB
accent
#C1E93F
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDEFEB
border
#D5CAC6
text
#160B05
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A27

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#BC4A27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva