#BC4A38#BC4A38

#BC4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A38
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 44.86, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 56.38, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.129 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.151 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9041, 15.8777, 5.5466)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A38 #38AABC

analogous

#BC3868 #BC4A38 #BC8C38

triadic

#BC4A38 #38BC4A #4A38BC

tetradic

#BC4A38 #68BC38 #38AABC #8C38BC

square

#BC4A38 #68BC38 #38AABC #8C38BC

split-complementary

#BC4A38 #38BC8C #3868BC

monochromatic

#5E251C #8D372A #BC4A38 #D07061 #DE9B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A38	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)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816f',
    500: '#bc4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a38;
$custom-light: #d7816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55858,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A38

secondary

#87C0C9

accent

#C9DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A38

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

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