#BC4C2A#BC4C2A

#BC4C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.152 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C2A
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 43.29, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 60.29, 44.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.1215 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.153 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7439, 16.0307, 4.0340)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C2A #2A9ABC

analogous

#BC2A51 #BC4C2A #BC952A

triadic

#BC4C2A #2ABC4C #4C2ABC

tetradic

#BC4C2A #51BC2A #2A9ABC #952ABC

square

#BC4C2A #51BC2A #2A9ABC #952ABC

split-complementary

#BC4C2A #2ABC95 #2A51BC

monochromatic

#582414 #8A381F #BC4C2A #D76D4C #E2957E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BC4C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C2A

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C2A	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)

#6B6025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.152 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88266',
    500: '#bc4c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c2a;
$custom-light: #d88266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.973,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5596,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C2A

secondary

#77B7CB

accent

#C0E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C2A

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

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