#BC4B35#BC4B35

#BC4B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.151 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B35
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 44.24, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 57.04, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1265 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.151 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9002, 15.9838, 5.1941)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B35 #35A6BC

analogous

#BC3562 #BC4B35 #BC8F35

triadic

#BC4B35 #35BC4B #4B35BC

tetradic

#BC4B35 #62BC35 #35A6BC #8F35BC

square

#BC4B35 #62BC35 #35A6BC #8F35BC

split-complementary

#BC4B35 #35BC8F #3562BC

monochromatic

#5D251A #8C3828 #BC4B35 #D1705D #DF9A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC4B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC4B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B35

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B35	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.151 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816d',
    500: '#bc4b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b35;
$custom-light: #d7816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55951,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B35

secondary

#84BEC9

accent

#C7DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B35

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

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