#BC4C39#BC4C39

#BC4C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.149 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C39
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 43.97, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 55.60, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1265 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.149 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0644, 16.1589, 5.7219)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C39 #39A9BC

analogous

#BC3968 #BC4C39 #BC8D39

triadic

#BC4C39 #39BC4C #4C39BC

tetradic

#BC4C39 #68BC39 #39A9BC #8D39BC

square

#BC4C39 #68BC39 #39A9BC #8D39BC

split-complementary

#BC4C39 #39BC8D #3968BC

monochromatic

#5E261D #8D392B #BC4C39 #D07263 #DE9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C39

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C39	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.149 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78270',
    500: '#bc4c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c39;
$custom-light: #d78270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.702,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5614,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C39

secondary

#88BFC9

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C39

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

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