#BC4A3D#BC4A3D

#BC4A3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3D
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 45.13, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 54.97, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1309 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.15 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0325, 15.9291, 6.2231)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3D #3DAFBC

analogous

#BC3D70 #BC4A3D #BC8A3D

triadic

#BC4A3D #3DBC4A #4A3DBC

tetradic

#BC4A3D #70BC3D #3DAFBC #8A3DBC

square

#BC4A3D #70BC3D #3DAFBC #8A3DBC

split-complementary

#BC4A3D #3DBC8A #3D70BC

monochromatic

#60261F #8E382E #BC4A3D #CE7368 #DD9E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4A3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3D	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78173',
    500: '#bc4a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3d;
$custom-light: #d78173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.142,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3D

secondary

#8CC2C9

accent

#CCDA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3D

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

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