#BC4D33#BC4D33

#BC4D33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D33
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 51)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 43.20, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 57.20, 40.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1229 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.149 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9929, 16.2414, 5.0028)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D33 #33A2BC

analogous

#BC335E #BC4D33 #BC9233

triadic

#BC4D33 #33BC4D #4D33BC

tetradic

#BC4D33 #5EBC33 #33A2BC #9233BC

square

#BC4D33 #5EBC33 #33A2BC #9233BC

split-complementary

#BC4D33 #33BC92 #335EBC

monochromatic

#5C2619 #8C3926 #BC4D33 #D2715A #DF9A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4D33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D33

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D33	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836c',
    500: '#bc4d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d33;
$custom-light: #d7836c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.387,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56198,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D33

secondary

#81BCC9

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D33

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

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