#BC4B3B#BC4B3B

#BC4B3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B3B
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 59)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 44.55, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 55.27, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1287 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.149 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0469, 16.0425, 5.9671)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B3B #3BACBC

analogous

#BC3B6B #BC4B3B #BC8B3B

triadic

#BC4B3B #3BBC4B #4B3BBC

tetradic

#BC4B3B #6BBC3B #3BACBC #8B3BBC

square

#BC4B3B #6BBC3B #3BACBC #8B3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B3B #3BBC8B #3B6BBC

monochromatic

#5F261E #8D382C #BC4B3B #CF7265 #DD9D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BC4B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4B3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B3B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B3B	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78271',
    500: '#bc4b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b3b;
$custom-light: #d78271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.442,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56034,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B3B

secondary

#8AC1C9

accent

#CADC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B3B

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

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