#BC4D35#BC4D35

#BC4D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D35
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 43.30, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 56.57, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1236 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.149 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0380, 16.2594, 5.2400)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D35 #35A4BC

analogous

#BC3560 #BC4D35 #BC9135

triadic

#BC4D35 #35BC4D #4D35BC

tetradic

#BC4D35 #60BC35 #35A4BC #9135BC

square

#BC4D35 #60BC35 #35A4BC #9135BC

split-complementary

#BC4D35 #35BC91 #3560BC

monochromatic

#5D261A #8C3928 #BC4D35 #D1725D #DF9B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D35

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D35	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)

#6B6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836d',
    500: '#bc4d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d35;
$custom-light: #d7836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56223,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D35

secondary

#84BDC9

accent

#C4DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D35

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

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