#BC4E39#BC4E39

#BC4E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E39
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 43.02, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 55.11, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1235 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.147 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2043, 16.4388, 5.7685)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E39 #39A7BC

analogous

#BC3966 #BC4E39 #BC8F39

triadic

#BC4E39 #39BC4E #4E39BC

tetradic

#BC4E39 #66BC39 #39A7BC #8F39BC

square

#BC4E39 #66BC39 #39A7BC #8F39BC

split-complementary

#BC4E39 #39BC8F #3966BC

monochromatic

#5E271D #8D3B2B #BC4E39 #D07463 #DE9E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E39

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E39	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)

#6B6236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78370',
    500: '#bc4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e39;
$custom-light: #d78370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.618,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56414,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E39

secondary

#88BEC9

accent

#C5DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E39

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

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