#BC4A30#BC4A30

#BC4A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.153 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A30
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 48)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 44.47, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 58.82, 40.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1263 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.153 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7238, 15.8056, 4.5973)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A30 #30A2BC

analogous

#BC305C #BC4A30 #BC9030

triadic

#BC4A30 #30BC4A #4A30BC

tetradic

#BC4A30 #5CBC30 #30A2BC #9030BC

square

#BC4A30 #5CBC30 #30A2BC #9030BC

split-complementary

#BC4A30 #30BC90 #305CBC

monochromatic

#5A2417 #8B3724 #BC4A30 #D46D55 #E09786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BC4A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC4A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A30

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A30	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.153 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816a',
    500: '#bc4a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a30;
$custom-light: #d8816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55756,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A30

secondary

#7EBCCA

accent

#C5E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A30

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

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