#BC4F2F#BC4F2F

#BC4F2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F2F
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 42.06, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 58.04, 43.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1186 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.148 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0506, 16.4918, 4.6055)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F2F #2F9CBC

analogous

#BC2F55 #BC4F2F #BC952F

triadic

#BC4F2F #2FBC4F #4F2FBC

tetradic

#BC4F2F #55BC2F #2F9CBC #952FBC

square

#BC4F2F #55BC2F #2F9CBC #952FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F2F #2FBC95 #2F55BC

monochromatic

#5A2617 #8B3A23 #BC4F2F #D47154 #E09A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F2F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F2F	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)

#6D622B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78469',
    500: '#bc4f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f2f;
$custom-light: #d78469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.617,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56429,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F2F

secondary

#7DB8CA

accent

#BFE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F2F

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

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