#BC4D37#BC4D37

#BC4D37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D37
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 43.40, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 55.96, 39.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1243 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.148 33)
XYZ	xyz(24.0849, 16.2782, 5.4874)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D37 #37A6BC

analogous

#BC3763 #BC4D37 #BC9037

triadic

#BC4D37 #37BC4D #4D37BC

tetradic

#BC4D37 #63BC37 #37A6BC #9037BC

square

#BC4D37 #63BC37 #37A6BC #9037BC

split-complementary

#BC4D37 #37BC90 #3763BC

monochromatic

#5D261B #8D3A29 #BC4D37 #D07260 #DE9C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D37

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D37	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836f',
    500: '#bc4d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d37;
$custom-light: #d7836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.925,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.16275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D37

secondary

#86BEC9

accent

#C6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D37

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

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