#BC4C32#BC4C32

#BC4C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.150 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C32
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 50)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 43.63, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 57.74, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.124 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.15 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9017, 16.0938, 4.8648)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C32 #32A2BC

analogous

#BC325D #BC4C32 #BC9132

triadic

#BC4C32 #32BC4C #4C32BC

tetradic

#BC4C32 #5DBC32 #32A2BC #9132BC

square

#BC4C32 #5DBC32 #32A2BC #9132BC

split-complementary

#BC4C32 #32BC91 #325DBC

monochromatic

#5B2518 #8C3825 #BC4C32 #D37058 #E09989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C32

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C32	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)

#6B602F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.150 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826b',
    500: '#bc4c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c32;
$custom-light: #d7826b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56049,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C32

secondary

#80BCC9

accent

#C4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C32

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

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