#BC4E38#BC4E38

#BC4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E38
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 42.97, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 55.42, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1232 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.147 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1796, 16.4289, 5.6384)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E38 #38A6BC

analogous

#BC3864 #BC4E38 #BC9038

triadic

#BC4E38 #38BC4E #4E38BC

tetradic

#BC4E38 #64BC38 #38A6BC #9038BC

square

#BC4E38 #64BC38 #38A6BC #9038BC

split-complementary

#BC4E38 #38BC90 #3864BC

monochromatic

#5E271C #8D3A2A #BC4E38 #D07461 #DE9D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E38

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E38	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836f',
    500: '#bc4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e38;
$custom-light: #d7836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56401,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E38

secondary

#87BEC9

accent

#C5DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E38

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

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