#BC4E2D#BC4E2D

#BC4E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E2D
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 45)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 42.45, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 58.90, 43.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1195 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.15 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9396, 16.3328, 4.3741)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E2D #2D9BBC

analogous

#BC2D54 #BC4E2D #BC952D

triadic

#BC4E2D #2DBC4E #4E2DBC

tetradic

#BC4E2D #54BC2D #2D9BBC #952DBC

square

#BC4E2D #54BC2D #2D9BBC #952DBC

split-complementary

#BC4E2D #2DBC95 #2D54BC

monochromatic

#592515 #8B3A21 #BC4E2D #D56F51 #E19882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E2D

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E2D	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88368',
    500: '#bc4e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e2d;
$custom-light: #d88368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56267,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E2D

secondary

#7BB8CA

accent

#BFE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E2D

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

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