#BC4A28#BC4A28

#BC4A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.155 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A28
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 44.15, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 61.36, 43.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1238 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.155 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5734, 15.7454, 3.8049)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A28 #289ABC

analogous

#BC2850 #BC4A28 #BC9428

triadic

#BC4A28 #28BC4A #4A28BC

tetradic

#BC4A28 #50BC28 #289ABC #9428BC

square

#BC4A28 #50BC28 #289ABC #9428BC

split-complementary

#BC4A28 #28BC94 #2850BC

monochromatic

#572213 #8A361D #BC4A28 #D86A49 #E3937B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A28

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A28	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)

#6A5F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.155 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88164',
    500: '#bc4a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a28;
$custom-light: #d88164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.784,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5567,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A28

secondary

#75B7CB

accent

#C1E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A28

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

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