#BC4E2C#BC4E2C

#BC4E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E2C
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 44)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 42.41, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 59.22, 44.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1192 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.15 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9205, 16.3252, 4.2739)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E2C #2C9ABC

analogous

#BC2C52 #BC4E2C #BC962C

triadic

#BC4E2C #2CBC4E #4E2CBC

tetradic

#BC4E2C #52BC2C #2C9ABC #962CBC

square

#BC4E2C #52BC2C #2C9ABC #962CBC

split-complementary

#BC4E2C #2CBC96 #2C52BC

monochromatic

#592515 #8A3920 #BC4E2C #D66F4F #E19881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E2C

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E2C	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88367',
    500: '#bc4e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e2c;
$custom-light: #d88367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56257,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E2C

secondary

#79B7CA

accent

#BFE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E2C

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

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