#BC4D3B#BC4D3B

#BC4D3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D3B
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 43.61, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 54.77, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1257 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.147 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1847, 16.3181, 6.0130)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D3B #3BAABC

analogous

#BC3B69 #BC4D3B #BC8D3B

triadic

#BC4D3B #3BBC4D #4D3BBC

tetradic

#BC4D3B #69BC3B #3BAABC #8D3BBC

square

#BC4D3B #69BC3B #3BAABC #8D3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4D3B #3BBC8D #3B69BC

monochromatic

#5F271E #8D3A2C #BC4D3B #CF7465 #DD9E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4D3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D3B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D3B	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)

#6B6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78371',
    500: '#bc4d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d3b;
$custom-light: #d78371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56305,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D3B

secondary

#8AC0C9

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D3B

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

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