#BC4A3A#BC4A3A

#BC4A3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3A
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 58)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 44.97, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 55.81, 36.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1298 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.151 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9539, 15.8976, 5.8094)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3A #3AACBC

analogous

#BC3A6B #BC4A3A #BC8B3A

triadic

#BC4A3A #3ABC4A #4A3ABC

tetradic

#BC4A3A #6BBC3A #3AACBC #8B3ABC

square

#BC4A3A #6BBC3A #3AACBC #8B3ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A3A #3ABC8B #3A6BBC

monochromatic

#5E251D #8D382C #BC4A3A #CF7164 #DE9C93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4A3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3A

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3A	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78171',
    500: '#bc4a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3a;
$custom-light: #d78171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55886,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3A

secondary

#89C1C9

accent

#CADC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3A

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

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