#BC4A31#BC4A31

#BC4A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.153 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A31
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 49)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 44.52, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 58.51, 40.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1266 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.153 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7447, 15.8139, 4.7072)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A31 #31A3BC

analogous

#BC315E #BC4A31 #BC9031

triadic

#BC4A31 #31BC4A #4A31BC

tetradic

#BC4A31 #5EBC31 #31A3BC #9031BC

square

#BC4A31 #5EBC31 #31A3BC #9031BC

split-complementary

#BC4A31 #31BC90 #315EBC

monochromatic

#5B2418 #8B3724 #BC4A31 #D36D57 #E09788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BC4A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC4A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A31

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A31	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)

#695F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.153 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816a',
    500: '#bc4a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a31;
$custom-light: #d8816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.791,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55767,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A31

secondary

#7FBCCA

accent

#C6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A31

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

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