#BC4D38#BC4D38

#BC4D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D38
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 43.45, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 55.65, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1247 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.148 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1091, 16.2879, 5.6149)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D38 #38A7BC

analogous

#BC3865 #BC4D38 #BC8F38

triadic

#BC4D38 #38BC4D #4D38BC

tetradic

#BC4D38 #65BC38 #38A7BC #8F38BC

square

#BC4D38 #65BC38 #38A7BC #8F38BC

split-complementary

#BC4D38 #38BC8F #3865BC

monochromatic

#5E261C #8D3A2A #BC4D38 #D07361 #DE9D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D38

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D38	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836f',
    500: '#bc4d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d38;
$custom-light: #d7836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56263,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D38

secondary

#87BEC9

accent

#C6DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D38

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

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