#BC4F30#BC4F30

#BC4F30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F30
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 48)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 42.10, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 57.71, 43.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.119 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.148 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0710, 16.4999, 4.7130)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F30 #309DBC

analogous

#BC3057 #BC4F30 #BC9530

triadic

#BC4F30 #30BC4F #4F30BC

tetradic

#BC4F30 #57BC30 #309DBC #9530BC

square

#BC4F30 #57BC30 #309DBC #9530BC

split-complementary

#BC4F30 #30BC95 #3057BC

monochromatic

#5A2617 #8B3B24 #BC4F30 #D47155 #E09A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F30

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F30	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846a',
    500: '#bc4f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f30;
$custom-light: #d7846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5644,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F30

secondary

#7EB9CA

accent

#C0E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F30

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

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