#BC4E3E#BC4E3E

#BC4E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E3E
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 43.30, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 53.65, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1254 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.146 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3353, 16.4911, 6.4581)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E3E #3EACBC

analogous

#BC3E6D #BC4E3E #BC8D3E

triadic

#BC4E3E #3EBC4E #4E3EBC

tetradic

#BC4E3E #6DBC3E #3EACBC #8D3EBC

square

#BC4E3E #6DBC3E #3EACBC #8D3EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E3E #3EBC8D #3E6DBC

monochromatic

#602820 #8E3B2F #BC4E3E #CE766A #DDA098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E3E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E3E	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78374',
    500: '#bc4e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e3e;
$custom-light: #d78374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56487,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E3E

secondary

#8DC1C9

accent

#C8DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E3E

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

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