#BC4C38#BC4C38

#BC4C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.149 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C38
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 43.92, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 55.90, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1261 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.149 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0397, 16.1490, 5.5918)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C38 #38A8BC

analogous

#BC3866 #BC4C38 #BC8E38

triadic

#BC4C38 #38BC4C #4C38BC

tetradic

#BC4C38 #66BC38 #38A8BC #8E38BC

square

#BC4C38 #66BC38 #38A8BC #8E38BC

split-complementary

#BC4C38 #38BC8E #3866BC

monochromatic

#5E261C #8D392A #BC4C38 #D07261 #DE9C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C38

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C38	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)

#6A6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.149 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826f',
    500: '#bc4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c38;
$custom-light: #d7826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56127,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C38

secondary

#87BFC9

accent

#C7DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C38

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

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