#BC4D34#BC4D34

#BC4D34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D34
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 52)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 43.25, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 56.88, 40.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1233 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.149 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0152, 16.2503, 5.1202)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D34 #34A3BC

analogous

#BC345F #BC4D34 #BC9134

triadic

#BC4D34 #34BC4D #4D34BC

tetradic

#BC4D34 #5FBC34 #34A3BC #9134BC

square

#BC4D34 #5FBC34 #34A3BC #9134BC

split-complementary

#BC4D34 #34BC91 #345FBC

monochromatic

#5C2619 #8C3927 #BC4D34 #D2715B #DF9B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D34

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D34	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)

#6B6131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836c',
    500: '#bc4d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d34;
$custom-light: #d7836c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5621,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D34

secondary

#83BCC9

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D34

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

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