#BC4A2B#BC4A2B

#BC4A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.154 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A2B
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 43)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 44.27, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 60.40, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1247 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.154 36)
XYZ	xyz(23.6264, 15.7666, 4.0842)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A2B #2B9DBC

analogous

#BC2B54 #BC4A2B #BC932B

triadic

#BC4A2B #2BBC4A #4A2BBC

tetradic

#BC4A2B #54BC2B #2B9DBC #932BBC

square

#BC4A2B #54BC2B #2B9DBC #932BBC

split-complementary

#BC4A2B #2BBC93 #2B54BC

monochromatic

#582314 #8A3620 #BC4A2B #D66B4E #E29580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A2B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A2B	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)

#6A5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.154 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88166',
    500: '#bc4a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a2b;
$custom-light: #d88166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.828,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.557,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.15763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A2B

secondary

#78B9CB

accent

#C3E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A2B

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

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