#BC4C28#BC4C28

#BC4C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.153 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C28
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 40)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 43.21, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 60.94, 44.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1209 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.153 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7090, 16.0167, 3.8501)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C28 #2898BC

analogous

#BC284E #BC4C28 #BC9628

triadic

#BC4C28 #28BC4C #4C28BC

tetradic

#BC4C28 #4EBC28 #2898BC #9628BC

square

#BC4C28 #4EBC28 #2898BC #9628BC

split-complementary

#BC4C28 #28BC96 #284EBC

monochromatic

#572313 #8A381D #BC4C28 #D86C49 #E3957B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC4C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC4C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C28

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C28	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)

#6B6023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.153 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88264',
    500: '#bc4c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c28;
$custom-light: #d88264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55941,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C28

secondary

#75B6CB

accent

#BFE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C28

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

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