#BC4D32#BC4D32

#BC4D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D32
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 43.15, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 57.51, 41.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1226 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.149 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9711, 16.2326, 4.8879)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D32 #32A1BC

analogous

#BC325C #BC4D32 #BC9232

triadic

#BC4D32 #32BC4D #4D32BC

tetradic

#BC4D32 #5CBC32 #32A1BC #9232BC

square

#BC4D32 #5CBC32 #32A1BC #9232BC

split-complementary

#BC4D32 #32BC92 #325CBC

monochromatic

#5B2518 #8C3925 #BC4D32 #D37058 #E09A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D32

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D32	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836b',
    500: '#bc4d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d32;
$custom-light: #d7836b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56186,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D32

secondary

#80BBC9

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D32

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

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