#BC4C31#BC4C31

#BC4C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.151 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C31
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 43.58, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 58.05, 41.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1237 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.151 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8803, 16.0852, 4.7524)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C31 #31A1BC

analogous

#BC315B #BC4C31 #BC9231

triadic

#BC4C31 #31BC4C #4C31BC

tetradic

#BC4C31 #5BBC31 #31A1BC #9231BC

square

#BC4C31 #5BBC31 #31A1BC #9231BC

split-complementary

#BC4C31 #31BC92 #315BBC

monochromatic

#5B2518 #8B3824 #BC4C31 #D36F57 #E09988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C31

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C31	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)

#6B602E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.151 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8826a',
    500: '#bc4c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c31;
$custom-light: #d8826a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.655,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56037,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C31

secondary

#7FBBCA

accent

#C4E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C31

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

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