#BC4E2A#BC4E2A

#BC4E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.151 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E2A
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 42.33, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 59.88, 45.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1186 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.151 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8839, 16.3106, 4.0806)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E2A #2A98BC

analogous

#BC2A4F #BC4E2A #BC972A

triadic

#BC4E2A #2ABC4E #4E2ABC

tetradic

#BC4E2A #4FBC2A #2A98BC #972ABC

square

#BC4E2A #4FBC2A #2A98BC #972ABC

split-complementary

#BC4E2A #2ABC97 #2A4FBC

monochromatic

#582414 #8A391F #BC4E2A #D76E4C #E2977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E2A

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E2A	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)

#6D6125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.151 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88366',
    500: '#bc4e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e2a;
$custom-light: #d88366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56236,
    "c": 0.15066,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E2A

secondary

#77B6CB

accent

#BEE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E2A

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

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