#BC4B37#BC4B37

#BC4B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.150 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B37
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 44.34, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 56.44, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1272 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.15 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9471, 16.0026, 5.4415)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B37 #37A8BC

analogous

#BC3765 #BC4B37 #BC8E37

triadic

#BC4B37 #37BC4B #4B37BC

tetradic

#BC4B37 #65BC37 #37A8BC #8E37BC

square

#BC4B37 #65BC37 #37A8BC #8E37BC

split-complementary

#BC4B37 #37BC8E #3765BC

monochromatic

#5D251B #8D3829 #BC4B37 #D07160 #DE9B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC4B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC4B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B37

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B37	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)

#6A6034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.150 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816e',
    500: '#bc4b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b37;
$custom-light: #d7816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B37

secondary

#86BFC9

accent

#C8DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B37

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

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