#BC4E3B#BC4E3B

#BC4E3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E3B
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 43.13, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 54.52, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1242 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.146 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2552, 16.4591, 6.0365)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E3B #3BA9BC

analogous

#BC3B68 #BC4E3B #BC8E3B

triadic

#BC4E3B #3BBC4E #4E3BBC

tetradic

#BC4E3B #68BC3B #3BA9BC #8E3BBC

square

#BC4E3B #68BC3B #3BA9BC #8E3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4E3B #3BBC8E #3B68BC

monochromatic

#5F271E #8D3B2C #BC4E3B #CF7565 #DD9F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4E3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E3B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E3B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78371',
    500: '#bc4e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e3b;
$custom-light: #d78371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.837,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56443,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E3B

secondary

#8ABFC9

accent

#C7DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E3B

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

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