#BC4D2C#BC4D2C

#BC4D2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.151 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D2C
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 44)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 42.89, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 59.44, 43.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1207 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.151 37)
XYZ	xyz(23.8500, 16.1842, 4.2504)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D2C #2C9BBC

analogous

#BC2C53 #BC4D2C #BC952C

triadic

#BC4D2C #2CBC4D #4D2CBC

tetradic

#BC4D2C #53BC2C #2C9BBC #952CBC

square

#BC4D2C #53BC2C #2C9BBC #952CBC

split-complementary

#BC4D2C #2CBC95 #2C53BC

monochromatic

#592415 #8A3920 #BC4D2C #D66E4F #E19781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D2C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D2C	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)

#6C6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.151 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88367',
    500: '#bc4d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d2c;
$custom-light: #d88367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.75,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56118,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D2C

secondary

#79B8CA

accent

#C0E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D2C

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

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