#BC4F2C#BC4F2C

#BC4F2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.149 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F2C
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 41.93, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 59.02, 44.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1177 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.149 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9921, 16.4684, 4.2977)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F2C #2C99BC

analogous

#BC2C51 #BC4F2C #BC972C

triadic

#BC4F2C #2CBC4F #4F2CBC

tetradic

#BC4F2C #51BC2C #2C99BC #972CBC

square

#BC4F2C #51BC2C #2C99BC #972CBC

split-complementary

#BC4F2C #2CBC97 #2C51BC

monochromatic

#592515 #8A3A20 #BC4F2C #D6704F #E19881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F2C

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F2C	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)

#6D6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.149 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88467',
    500: '#bc4f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f2c;
$custom-light: #d88467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.583,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56397,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F2C

secondary

#79B7CA

accent

#BEE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F2C

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

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