#BC4C27#BC4C27

#BC4C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.153 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C27
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 39)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 43.17, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 61.26, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1206 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.153 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6922, 16.0100, 3.7617)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C27 #2797BC

analogous

#BC274D #BC4C27 #BC9627

triadic

#BC4C27 #27BC4C #4C27BC

tetradic

#BC4C27 #4DBC27 #2797BC #9627BC

square

#BC4C27 #4DBC27 #2797BC #9627BC

split-complementary

#BC4C27 #27BC96 #274DBC

monochromatic

#572312 #89381C #BC4C27 #D96B47 #E3947A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC4C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC4C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C27

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C27	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)

#6C6022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.153 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88264',
    500: '#bc4c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c27;
$custom-light: #d88264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.899,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C27

secondary

#73B6CB

accent

#BFE93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C27

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

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