#BC4A3C#BC4A3C

#BC4A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3C
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 60)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 45.08, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 55.24, 35.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1305 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.15 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0058, 15.9184, 6.0825)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3C #3CAEBC

analogous

#BC3C6E #BC4A3C #BC8A3C

triadic

#BC4A3C #3CBC4A #4A3CBC

tetradic

#BC4A3C #6EBC3C #3CAEBC #8A3CBC

square

#BC4A3C #6EBC3C #3CAEBC #8A3CBC

split-complementary

#BC4A3C #3CBC8A #3C6EBC

monochromatic

#5F251E #8E382D #BC4A3C #CE7267 #DD9D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3C

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3C	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)

#68603A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78172',
    500: '#bc4a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3c;
$custom-light: #d78172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.563,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55916,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3C

secondary

#8BC2C9

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3C

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

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