#BC4B31#BC4B31

#BC4B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.152 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B31
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 49)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 44.05, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 58.28, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1252 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.152 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8120, 15.9485, 4.7296)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B31 #31A2BC

analogous

#BC315D #BC4B31 #BC9131

triadic

#BC4B31 #31BC4B #4B31BC

tetradic

#BC4B31 #5DBC31 #31A2BC #9131BC

square

#BC4B31 #5DBC31 #31A2BC #9131BC

split-complementary

#BC4B31 #31BC91 #315DBC

monochromatic

#5B2418 #8B3824 #BC4B31 #D36E57 #E09888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B31

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B31	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A602E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.152 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816a',
    500: '#bc4b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b31;
$custom-light: #d8816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.223,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55902,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B31

secondary

#7FBCCA

accent

#C5E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B31

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

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