#BC4B32#BC4B32

#BC4B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B32
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 50)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 44.10, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 57.97, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1255 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.151 34)
XYZ	xyz(23.8333, 15.9571, 4.8420)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B32 #32A3BC

analogous

#BC325E #BC4B32 #BC9032

triadic

#BC4B32 #32BC4B #4B32BC

tetradic

#BC4B32 #5EBC32 #32A3BC #9032BC

square

#BC4B32 #5EBC32 #32A3BC #9032BC

split-complementary

#BC4B32 #32BC90 #325EBC

monochromatic

#5B2418 #8C3825 #BC4B32 #D36F58 #E09989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B32

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B32	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)

#6A602F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816b',
    500: '#bc4b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b32;
$custom-light: #d8816b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.87,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.15954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B32

secondary

#80BCC9

accent

#C5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B32

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

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