#BC4B38#BC4B38

#BC4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.150 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4B38
RGBrgb(188, 75, 56)
HSLhsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(9, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.99, 44.39, 34.36)
CIE-LCHlch(46.99, 56.14, 37.74°)
OKLaboklab(55.99% 0.1276 0.0788)
OKLCHoklch(55.99% 0.15 31.7)
XYZxyz(23.9713, 16.0123, 5.5690)
Luminance0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4B38 #38A9BC
analogous
#BC3867 #BC4B38 #BC8D38
triadic
#BC4B38 #38BC4B #4B38BC
tetradic
#BC4B38 #67BC38 #38A9BC #8D38BC
square
#BC4B38 #67BC38 #38A9BC #8D38BC
split-complementary
#BC4B38 #38BC8D #3867BC
monochromatic
#5E251C #8D382A #BC4B38 #D07161 #DE9C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00
#BC4B38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20
#BC4B38 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B38
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4B38#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC4B381.005.004.205.00
#FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00
#0000004.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#696036
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#857935
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE3247
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.150 31.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816f',
    500: '#bc4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4b38;
$custom-light: #d7816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55992,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4B38
secondary
#87BFC9
accent
#C8DD4A
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160B07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

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#BC4B38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva