#BC4E36#BC4E36

#BC4E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E36
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 42.87, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 56.03, 40.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1225 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.147 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1317, 16.4097, 5.3860)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E36 #36A4BC

analogous

#BC3661 #BC4E36 #BC9136

triadic

#BC4E36 #36BC4E #4E36BC

tetradic

#BC4E36 #61BC36 #36A4BC #9136BC

square

#BC4E36 #61BC36 #36A4BC #9136BC

split-complementary

#BC4E36 #36BC91 #3661BC

monochromatic

#5D271B #8C3A28 #BC4E36 #D1735E #DF9C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E36

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E36	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836e',
    500: '#bc4e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e36;
$custom-light: #d7836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E36

secondary

#85BDC9

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E36

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

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