#BC4D39#BC4D39

#BC4D39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D39
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 43.50, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 55.35, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.125 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.148 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1338, 16.2977, 5.7450)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D39 #39A8BC

analogous

#BC3967 #BC4D39 #BC8E39

triadic

#BC4D39 #39BC4D #4D39BC

tetradic

#BC4D39 #67BC39 #39A8BC #8E39BC

square

#BC4D39 #67BC39 #39A8BC #8E39BC

split-complementary

#BC4D39 #39BC8E #3967BC

monochromatic

#5E271D #8D3A2B #BC4D39 #D07363 #DE9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D39

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D39	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)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78370',
    500: '#bc4d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d39;
$custom-light: #d78370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.16,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D39

secondary

#88BFC9

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D39

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

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