#BC4B3E#BC4B3E

#BC4B3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.149 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B3E
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 44.72, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 54.43, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1298 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.149 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1270, 16.0745, 6.3887)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B3E #3EAFBC

analogous

#BC3E70 #BC4B3E #BC8A3E

triadic

#BC4B3E #3EBC4B #4B3EBC

tetradic

#BC4B3E #70BC3E #3EAFBC #8A3EBC

square

#BC4B3E #70BC3E #3EAFBC #8A3EBC

split-complementary

#BC4B3E #3EBC8A #3E70BC

monochromatic

#602620 #8E392F #BC4B3E #CE746A #DD9F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B3E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B3E	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.149 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78273',
    500: '#bc4b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b3e;
$custom-light: #d78273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56079,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B3E

secondary

#8DC2C9

accent

#CBDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B3E

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

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