#BC4E35#BC4E35

#BC4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E35
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 42.82, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 56.34, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1221 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.148 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1085, 16.4004, 5.2636)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E35 #35A3BC

analogous

#BC3560 #BC4E35 #BC9235

triadic

#BC4E35 #35BC4E #4E35BC

tetradic

#BC4E35 #60BC35 #35A3BC #9235BC

square

#BC4E35 #60BC35 #35A3BC #9235BC

split-complementary

#BC4E35 #35BC92 #3560BC

monochromatic

#5D261A #8C3A28 #BC4E35 #D1725D #DF9C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E35

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E35	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)

#6C6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836d',
    500: '#bc4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e35;
$custom-light: #d7836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56361,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E35

secondary

#84BCC9

accent

#C3DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E35

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

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