#BC4C3E#BC4C3E

#BC4C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C3E
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 62)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 44.25, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 54.17, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1283 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.148 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1953, 16.2112, 6.4115)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C3E #3EAEBC

analogous

#BC3E6F #BC4C3E #BC8B3E

triadic

#BC4C3E #3EBC4C #4C3EBC

tetradic

#BC4C3E #6FBC3E #3EAEBC #8B3EBC

square

#BC4C3E #6FBC3E #3EAEBC #8B3EBC

split-complementary

#BC4C3E #3EBC8B #3E6FBC

monochromatic

#602720 #8E392F #BC4C3E #CE756A #DD9F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C3E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C3E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78273',
    500: '#bc4c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c3e;
$custom-light: #d78273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56214,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C3E

secondary

#8DC2C9

accent

#CADA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C3E

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

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