#BC4B26#BC4B26

#BC4B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.154 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B26
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 38)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 43.61, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 61.79, 45.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1218 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.154 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6075, 15.8667, 3.6528)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B26 #2697BC

analogous

#BC264C #BC4B26 #BC9626

triadic

#BC4B26 #26BC4B #4B26BC

tetradic

#BC4B26 #4CBC26 #2697BC #9626BC

square

#BC4B26 #4CBC26 #2697BC #9626BC

split-complementary

#BC4B26 #26BC96 #264CBC

monochromatic

#562211 #89371C #BC4B26 #DA6A46 #E49379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B26

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B26	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.154 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88163',
    500: '#bc4b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b26;
$custom-light: #d88163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55786,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B26

secondary

#72B6CC

accent

#BFE93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B26

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

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