#BC4C3C#BC4C3C

#BC4C3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C3C
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 44.14, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 54.73, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1276 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.148 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1415, 16.1897, 6.1278)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C3C #3CACBC

analogous

#BC3C6C #BC4C3C #BC8C3C

triadic

#BC4C3C #3CBC4C #4C3CBC

tetradic

#BC4C3C #6CBC3C #3CACBC #8C3CBC

square

#BC4C3C #6CBC3C #3CACBC #8C3CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C3C #3CBC8C #3C6CBC

monochromatic

#5F261E #8E392D #BC4C3C #CE7467 #DD9E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C3C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C3C	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)

#6A613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78272',
    500: '#bc4c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c3c;
$custom-light: #d78272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56184,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C3C

secondary

#8BC1C9

accent

#C9DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C3C

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

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