#BC4B34#BC4B34

#BC4B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B34
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 52)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 44.19, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 57.35, 39.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1262 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.151 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8774, 15.9747, 5.0742)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B34 #34A5BC

analogous

#BC3461 #BC4B34 #BC8F34

triadic

#BC4B34 #34BC4B #4B34BC

tetradic

#BC4B34 #61BC34 #34A5BC #8F34BC

square

#BC4B34 #61BC34 #34A5BC #8F34BC

split-complementary

#BC4B34 #34BC8F #3461BC

monochromatic

#5C2519 #8C3827 #BC4B34 #D26F5B #DF9A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BC4B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B34

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B34	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)

#6A6031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816c',
    500: '#bc4b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b34;
$custom-light: #d7816c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.147,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55938,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B34

secondary

#83BDC9

accent

#C6E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B34

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

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