#BC4C30#BC4C30

#BC4C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.151 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C30
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 43.54, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 58.37, 41.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1234 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.151 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8595, 16.0769, 4.6425)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C30 #30A0BC

analogous

#BC305A #BC4C30 #BC9230

triadic

#BC4C30 #30BC4C #4C30BC

tetradic

#BC4C30 #5ABC30 #30A0BC #9230BC

square

#BC4C30 #5ABC30 #30A0BC #9230BC

split-complementary

#BC4C30 #30BC92 #305ABC

monochromatic

#5A2517 #8B3824 #BC4C30 #D46F55 #E09886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C30

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C30	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)

#6B602C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.151 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8826a',
    500: '#bc4c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c30;
$custom-light: #d8826a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56025,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C30

secondary

#7EBBCA

accent

#C3E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C30

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

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