#BC4B3F#BC4B3F

#BC4B3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B3F
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 63)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 44.78, 30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 54.16, 34.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1302 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.148 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1547, 16.0856, 6.5345)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B3F #3FB0BC

analogous

#BC3F72 #BC4B3F #BC8A3F

triadic

#BC4B3F #3FBC4B #4B3FBC

tetradic

#BC4B3F #72BC3F #3FB0BC #8A3FBC

square

#BC4B3F #72BC3F #3FB0BC #8A3FBC

split-complementary

#BC4B3F #3FBC8A #3F72BC

monochromatic

#602620 #8E3930 #BC4B3F #CD746B #DD9F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4B3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B3F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B3F	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78274',
    500: '#bc4b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b3f;
$custom-light: #d78274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.76,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56095,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B3F

secondary

#8EC3C9

accent

#CCD94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B3F

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

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