#BC4B28#BC4B28

#BC4B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.154 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B28
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 43.68, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 61.15, 44.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1224 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.154 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6407, 15.8800, 3.8274)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B28 #2899BC

analogous

#BC284F #BC4B28 #BC9528

triadic

#BC4B28 #28BC4B #4B28BC

tetradic

#BC4B28 #4FBC28 #2899BC #9528BC

square

#BC4B28 #4FBC28 #2899BC #9528BC

split-complementary

#BC4B28 #28BC95 #284FBC

monochromatic

#572313 #8A371D #BC4B28 #D86B49 #E3947B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BC4B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B28

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B28	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.154 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88164',
    500: '#bc4b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b28;
$custom-light: #d88164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.189,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55805,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B28

secondary

#75B7CB

accent

#C0E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B28

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

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