#BC4C35#BC4C35

#BC4C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.150 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C35
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 43.77, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 56.80, 39.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1251 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.15 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9685, 16.1205, 5.2169)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C35 #35A5BC

analogous

#BC3562 #BC4C35 #BC8F35

triadic

#BC4C35 #35BC4C #4C35BC

tetradic

#BC4C35 #62BC35 #35A5BC #8F35BC

square

#BC4C35 #62BC35 #35A5BC #8F35BC

split-complementary

#BC4C35 #35BC8F #3562BC

monochromatic

#5D251A #8C3928 #BC4C35 #D1715D #DF9B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C35

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C35	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.150 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826d',
    500: '#bc4c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c35;
$custom-light: #d7826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56087,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C35

secondary

#84BDC9

accent

#C6DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C35

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

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