#BC4C3B#BC4C3B

#BC4C3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C3B
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 44.08, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 55.02, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1272 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.148 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1153, 16.1792, 5.9899)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C3B #3BABBC

analogous

#BC3B6A #BC4C3B #BC8C3B

triadic

#BC4C3B #3BBC4C #4C3BBC

tetradic

#BC4C3B #6ABC3B #3BABBC #8C3BBC

square

#BC4C3B #6ABC3B #3BABBC #8C3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4C3B #3BBC8C #3B6ABC

monochromatic

#5F261E #8D392C #BC4C3B #CF7365 #DD9E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4C3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C3B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C3B	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78271',
    500: '#bc4c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c3b;
$custom-light: #d78271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.907,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56169,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C3B

secondary

#8AC0C9

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C3B

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

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