#BC4C33#BC4C33

#BC4C33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.150 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C33
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 51)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 43.67, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 57.42, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1244 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.15 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9235, 16.1025, 4.9797)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C33 #33A3BC

analogous

#BC335F #BC4C33 #BC9133

triadic

#BC4C33 #33BC4C #4C33BC

tetradic

#BC4C33 #5FBC33 #33A3BC #9133BC

square

#BC4C33 #5FBC33 #33A3BC #9133BC

split-complementary

#BC4C33 #33BC91 #335FBC

monochromatic

#5C2519 #8C3926 #BC4C33 #D2705A #DF9A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C33

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C33	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)

#6B6030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.150 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826c',
    500: '#bc4c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c33;
$custom-light: #d7826c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.949,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56061,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C33

secondary

#81BCC9

accent

#C5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C33

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

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