#BC4E2F#BC4E2F

#BC4E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.149 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E2F
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 47)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 42.54, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 58.25, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1201 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.149 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9790, 16.3486, 4.5817)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E2F #2F9DBC

analogous

#BC2F57 #BC4E2F #BC942F

triadic

#BC4E2F #2FBC4E #4E2FBC

tetradic

#BC4E2F #57BC2F #2F9DBC #942FBC

square

#BC4E2F #57BC2F #2F9DBC #942FBC

split-complementary

#BC4E2F #2FBC94 #2F57BC

monochromatic

#5A2517 #8B3A23 #BC4E2F #D47054 #E09985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E2F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E2F	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)

#6C612B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.149 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88369',
    500: '#bc4e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e2f;
$custom-light: #d88369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.191,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56289,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E2F

secondary

#7DB9CA

accent

#C0E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E2F

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

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