#BC4A2C#BC4A2C

#BC4A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.154 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A2C
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 44.31, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 60.08, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.125 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.154 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6450, 15.7740, 4.1820)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A2C #2C9EBC

analogous

#BC2C56 #BC4A2C #BC922C

triadic

#BC4A2C #2CBC4A #4A2CBC

tetradic

#BC4A2C #56BC2C #2C9EBC #922CBC

square

#BC4A2C #56BC2C #2C9EBC #922CBC

split-complementary

#BC4A2C #2CBC92 #2C56BC

monochromatic

#592315 #8A3620 #BC4A2C #D66B4F #E19581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC4A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC4A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A2C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A2C	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)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.154 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88167',
    500: '#bc4a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a2c;
$custom-light: #d88167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55711,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A2C

secondary

#79B9CA

accent

#C3E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A2C

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

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