#BC4A35#BC4A35

#BC4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.152 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A35
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 44.71, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 57.28, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.128 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.152 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8329, 15.8492, 5.1717)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A35 #35A7BC

analogous

#BC3564 #BC4A35 #BC8D35

triadic

#BC4A35 #35BC4A #4A35BC

tetradic

#BC4A35 #64BC35 #35A7BC #8D35BC

square

#BC4A35 #64BC35 #35A7BC #8D35BC

split-complementary

#BC4A35 #35BC8D #3564BC

monochromatic

#5D241A #8C3728 #BC4A35 #D16F5D #DF998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A35

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A35	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)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.152 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816d',
    500: '#bc4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a35;
$custom-light: #d7816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55818,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A35

secondary

#84BEC9

accent

#C8DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A35

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

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