#BC4E33#BC4E33

#BC4E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E33
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 51)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 42.72, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 56.97, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1214 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.148 35)
XYZ	xyz(24.0634, 16.3824, 5.0263)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E33 #33A1BC

analogous

#BC335D #BC4E33 #BC9333

triadic

#BC4E33 #33BC4E #4E33BC

tetradic

#BC4E33 #5DBC33 #33A1BC #9333BC

square

#BC4E33 #5DBC33 #33A1BC #9333BC

split-complementary

#BC4E33 #33BC93 #335DBC

monochromatic

#5C2619 #8C3A26 #BC4E33 #D2725A #DF9B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E33

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E33	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836c',
    500: '#bc4e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e33;
$custom-light: #d7836c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.825,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56336,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.16379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E33

secondary

#81BBC9

accent

#C2E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E33

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

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