#BC4B2E#BC4B2E

#BC4B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.152 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B2E
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 43.92, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 59.23, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1242 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.152 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7508, 15.9240, 4.4072)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B2E #2E9FBC

analogous

#BC2E58 #BC4B2E #BC922E

triadic

#BC4B2E #2EBC4B #4B2EBC

tetradic

#BC4B2E #58BC2E #2E9FBC #922EBC

square

#BC4B2E #58BC2E #2E9FBC #922EBC

split-complementary

#BC4B2E #2EBC92 #2E58BC

monochromatic

#5A2416 #8B3722 #BC4B2E #D56D52 #E19784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BC4B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B2E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B2E	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.152 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88168',
    500: '#bc4b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b2e;
$custom-light: #d88168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.254,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55867,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B2E

secondary

#7CBACA

accent

#C3E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B2E

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

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