#BC4E3A#BC4E3A

#BC4E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E3A
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 58)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 43.08, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 54.81, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1239 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.146 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2295, 16.4488, 5.9012)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E3A #3AA8BC

analogous

#BC3A67 #BC4E3A #BC8F3A

triadic

#BC4E3A #3ABC4E #4E3ABC

tetradic

#BC4E3A #67BC3A #3AA8BC #8F3ABC

square

#BC4E3A #67BC3A #3AA8BC #8F3ABC

split-complementary

#BC4E3A #3ABC8F #3A67BC

monochromatic

#5E271D #8D3B2C #BC4E3A #CF7564 #DE9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E3A

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E3A	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)

#6B6238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78371',
    500: '#bc4e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e3a;
$custom-light: #d78371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56428,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E3A

secondary

#89BFC9

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E3A

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

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