#BC4B27#BC4B27

#BC4B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.154 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B27
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 39)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 43.65, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 61.47, 44.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1221 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.154 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6239, 15.8733, 3.7389)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B27 #2798BC

analogous

#BC274D #BC4B27 #BC9627

triadic

#BC4B27 #27BC4B #4B27BC

tetradic

#BC4B27 #4DBC27 #2798BC #9627BC

square

#BC4B27 #4DBC27 #2798BC #9627BC

split-complementary

#BC4B27 #27BC96 #274DBC

monochromatic

#572312 #89371C #BC4B27 #D96A47 #E3937A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BC4B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B27

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B27	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)

#6B5F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.154 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88164',
    500: '#bc4b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b27;
$custom-light: #d88164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.497,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B27

secondary

#73B6CB

accent

#C0E93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B27

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

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