#BC4E2B#BC4E2B

#BC4E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.150 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E2B
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 42.37, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 59.55, 44.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1189 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.15 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9020, 16.3178, 4.1761)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E2B #2B99BC

analogous

#BC2B50 #BC4E2B #BC972B

triadic

#BC4E2B #2BBC4E #4E2BBC

tetradic

#BC4E2B #50BC2B #2B99BC #972BBC

square

#BC4E2B #50BC2B #2B99BC #972BBC

split-complementary

#BC4E2B #2BBC97 #2B50BC

monochromatic

#582514 #8A3920 #BC4E2B #D66F4E #E29780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E2B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E2B	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)

#6D6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.150 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88366',
    500: '#bc4e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e2b;
$custom-light: #d88366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56246,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E2B

secondary

#78B7CB

accent

#BEE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E2B

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

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