#BC4A3B#BC4A3B

#BC4A3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3B
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 59)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 45.02, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 55.52, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1301 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.15 30)
XYZ	xyz(23.9796, 15.9079, 5.9446)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3B #3BADBC

analogous

#BC3B6C #BC4A3B #BC8A3B

triadic

#BC4A3B #3BBC4A #4A3BBC

tetradic

#BC4A3B #6CBC3B #3BADBC #8A3BBC

square

#BC4A3B #6CBC3B #3BADBC #8A3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4A3B #3BBC8A #3B6CBC

monochromatic

#5F251E #8D382C #BC4A3B #CF7265 #DD9D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4A3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3B	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78171',
    500: '#bc4a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3b;
$custom-light: #d78171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.977,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3B

secondary

#8AC1C9

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3B

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

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