#BC4A36#BC4A36

#BC4A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.151 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A36
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 44.76, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 56.98, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1283 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.151 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8561, 15.8585, 5.2941)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A36 #36A8BC

analogous

#BC3665 #BC4A36 #BC8D36

triadic

#BC4A36 #36BC4A #4A36BC

tetradic

#BC4A36 #65BC36 #36A8BC #8D36BC

square

#BC4A36 #65BC36 #36A8BC #8D36BC

split-complementary

#BC4A36 #36BC8D #3665BC

monochromatic

#5D251B #8C3728 #BC4A36 #D16F5E #DF9A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A36

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A36	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.151 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816e',
    500: '#bc4a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a36;
$custom-light: #d7816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A36

secondary

#85BFC9

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A36

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

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