#BC4B30#BC4B30

#BC4B30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B30
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 44.01, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 58.59, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1248 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7911, 15.9402, 4.6197)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B30 #30A1BC

analogous

#BC305B #BC4B30 #BC9130

triadic

#BC4B30 #30BC4B #4B30BC

tetradic

#BC4B30 #5BBC30 #30A1BC #9130BC

square

#BC4B30 #5BBC30 #30A1BC #9130BC

split-complementary

#BC4B30 #30BC91 #305BBC

monochromatic

#5A2417 #8B3824 #BC4B30 #D46E55 #E09886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B30

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B30	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A602D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816a',
    500: '#bc4b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b30;
$custom-light: #d8816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5589,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B30

secondary

#7EBBCA

accent

#C4E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B30

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

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