#BC4A29#BC4A29

#BC4A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.155 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A29
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 41)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 44.19, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 61.04, 43.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1241 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.155 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5906, 15.7523, 3.8957)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A29 #299BBC

analogous

#BC2952 #BC4A29 #BC9329

triadic

#BC4A29 #29BC4A #4A29BC

tetradic

#BC4A29 #52BC29 #299BBC #9329BC

square

#BC4A29 #52BC29 #299BBC #9329BC

split-complementary

#BC4A29 #29BC93 #2952BC

monochromatic

#582213 #8A361E #BC4A29 #D86A4B #E3947D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A29

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A29	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)

#6A5F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.155 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88165',
    500: '#bc4a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a29;
$custom-light: #d88165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.469,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5568,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A29

secondary

#76B8CB

accent

#C2E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A29

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

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