#BC4A3F#BC4A3F

#BC4A3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3F
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 63)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 45.25, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 54.43, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.1316 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.149 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0874, 15.9510, 6.5121)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3F #3FB1BC

analogous

#BC3F73 #BC4A3F #BC893F

triadic

#BC4A3F #3FBC4A #4A3FBC

tetradic

#BC4A3F #73BC3F #3FB1BC #893FBC

square

#BC4A3F #73BC3F #3FB1BC #893FBC

split-complementary

#BC4A3F #3FBC89 #3F73BC

monochromatic

#602620 #8E3830 #BC4A3F #CD746B #DD9F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4A3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3F	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78174',
    500: '#bc4a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3f;
$custom-light: #d78174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55962,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3F

secondary

#8EC3C9

accent

#CDD94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3F

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

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