#BC4D36#BC4D36

#BC4D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D36
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 54)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 43.34, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 56.26, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1239 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.148 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0612, 16.2687, 5.3625)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D36 #36A5BC

analogous

#BC3662 #BC4D36 #BC9036

triadic

#BC4D36 #36BC4D #4D36BC

tetradic

#BC4D36 #62BC36 #36A5BC #9036BC

square

#BC4D36 #62BC36 #36A5BC #9036BC

split-complementary

#BC4D36 #36BC90 #3662BC

monochromatic

#5D261B #8C3A28 #BC4D36 #D1725E #DF9C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D36

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D36	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)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836e',
    500: '#bc4d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d36;
$custom-light: #d7836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56236,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D36

secondary

#85BDC9

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D36

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

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