#BC4E3C#BC4E3C

#BC4E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC4E3C
RGBrgb(188, 78, 60)
HSLhsl(8, 52%, 49%)
HSVhsv(8, 68%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(47.58, 43.19, 32.79)
CIE-LCHlch(47.58, 54.23, 37.21°)
OKLaboklab(56.46% 0.1246 0.076)
OKLCHoklch(56.46% 0.146 31.4)
XYZxyz(24.2814, 16.4696, 6.1744)
Luminance0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC4E3C #3CAABC
analogous
#BC3C6A #BC4E3C #BC8E3C
triadic
#BC4E3C #3CBC4E #4E3CBC
tetradic
#BC4E3C #6ABC3C #3CAABC #8E3CBC
square
#BC4E3C #6ABC3C #3CAABC #8E3CBC
split-complementary
#BC4E3C #3CBC8E #3C6ABC
monochromatic
#5F281E #8E3B2D #BC4E3C #CE7567 #DD9F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89
#BC4E3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29
#BC4E3C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E3C
4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC4E3C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC4E3C1.004.894.294.89
#FFFFFF4.891.0021.001.00
#0000004.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6B623A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#867A39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE374A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc4e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 31.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78372',
    500: '#bc4e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc4e3c;
$custom-light: #d78372;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc4e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56457,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC4E3C
secondary
#8BC0C9
accent
#C7DB4D
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160B08
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#BC4E3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva