#BC4D30#BC4D30

#BC4D30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.150 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D30
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 43.06, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 58.15, 42.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1219 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.15 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9289, 16.2158, 4.6656)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D30 #309FBC

analogous

#BC3059 #BC4D30 #BC9330

triadic

#BC4D30 #30BC4D #4D30BC

tetradic

#BC4D30 #59BC30 #309FBC #9330BC

square

#BC4D30 #59BC30 #309FBC #9330BC

split-complementary

#BC4D30 #30BC93 #3059BC

monochromatic

#5A2517 #8B3924 #BC4D30 #D47055 #E09986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D30

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D30	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)

#6C612C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.150 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8836a',
    500: '#bc4d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d30;
$custom-light: #d8836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56162,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D30

secondary

#7EBACA

accent

#C2E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D30

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

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