#BC4E37#BC4E37

#BC4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E37
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 42.92, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 55.72, 39.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1228 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.147 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1554, 16.4192, 5.5109)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E37 #37A5BC

analogous

#BC3762 #BC4E37 #BC9137

triadic

#BC4E37 #37BC4E #4E37BC

tetradic

#BC4E37 #62BC37 #37A5BC #9137BC

square

#BC4E37 #62BC37 #37A5BC #9137BC

split-complementary

#BC4E37 #37BC91 #3762BC

monochromatic

#5D271B #8D3A29 #BC4E37 #D07360 #DE9D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E37

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E37	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836f',
    500: '#bc4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e37;
$custom-light: #d7836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.376,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56387,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E37

secondary

#86BDC9

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E37

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

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