#BC4A37#BC4A37

#BC4A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.151 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A37
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 44.81, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 56.68, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1287 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.151 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8798, 15.8680, 5.4191)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A37 #37A9BC

analogous

#BC3767 #BC4A37 #BC8C37

triadic

#BC4A37 #37BC4A #4A37BC

tetradic

#BC4A37 #67BC37 #37A9BC #8C37BC

square

#BC4A37 #67BC37 #37A9BC #8C37BC

split-complementary

#BC4A37 #37BC8C #3767BC

monochromatic

#5D251B #8D3729 #BC4A37 #D07060 #DE9A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A37

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A37	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)

#695F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.151 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816e',
    500: '#bc4a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a37;
$custom-light: #d7816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55844,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A37

secondary

#86BFC9

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A37

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

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