#BC4A32#BC4A32

#BC4A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.152 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A32
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 50)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 44.56, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 58.20, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.127 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.152 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7660, 15.8225, 4.8196)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A32 #32A4BC

analogous

#BC325F #BC4A32 #BC8F32

triadic

#BC4A32 #32BC4A #4A32BC

tetradic

#BC4A32 #5FBC32 #32A4BC #8F32BC

square

#BC4A32 #5FBC32 #32A4BC #8F32BC

split-complementary

#BC4A32 #32BC8F #325FBC

monochromatic

#5B2418 #8C3725 #BC4A32 #D36E58 #E09889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC4A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A32

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A32	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.152 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816b',
    500: '#bc4a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a32;
$custom-light: #d8816b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5578,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A32

secondary

#80BDC9

accent

#C6E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A32

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

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