#BC4C36#BC4C36

#BC4C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.149 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C36
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 54)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 43.82, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 56.50, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1254 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.149 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9918, 16.1298, 5.3393)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C36 #36A6BC

analogous

#BC3663 #BC4C36 #BC8F36

triadic

#BC4C36 #36BC4C #4C36BC

tetradic

#BC4C36 #63BC36 #36A6BC #8F36BC

square

#BC4C36 #63BC36 #36A6BC #8F36BC

split-complementary

#BC4C36 #36BC8F #3663BC

monochromatic

#5D261B #8C3928 #BC4C36 #D1715E #DF9B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C36

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C36	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.149 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826e',
    500: '#bc4c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c36;
$custom-light: #d7826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C36

secondary

#85BEC9

accent

#C6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C36

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

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