#BC4A34#BC4A34

#BC4A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.152 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A34
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 52)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 44.66, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 57.58, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1276 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.152 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8101, 15.8401, 5.0518)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A34 #34A6BC

analogous

#BC3462 #BC4A34 #BC8E34

triadic

#BC4A34 #34BC4A #4A34BC

tetradic

#BC4A34 #62BC34 #34A6BC #8E34BC

square

#BC4A34 #62BC34 #34A6BC #8E34BC

split-complementary

#BC4A34 #34BC8E #3462BC

monochromatic

#5C2419 #8C3727 #BC4A34 #D26F5B #DF998B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A34

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A34	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.152 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816c',
    500: '#bc4a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a34;
$custom-light: #d7816c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55805,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A34

secondary

#83BEC9

accent

#C7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A34

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

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