#BC4F31#BC4F31

#BC4F31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.148 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F31
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 49)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 42.15, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 57.39, 42.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1193 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.148 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0919, 16.5083, 4.8229)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F31 #319EBC

analogous

#BC3158 #BC4F31 #BC9531

triadic

#BC4F31 #31BC4F #4F31BC

tetradic

#BC4F31 #58BC31 #319EBC #9531BC

square

#BC4F31 #58BC31 #319EBC #9531BC

split-complementary

#BC4F31 #31BC95 #3158BC

monochromatic

#5B2618 #8B3B24 #BC4F31 #D37257 #E09B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F31

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F31	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)

#6D622D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.148 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846a',
    500: '#bc4f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f31;
$custom-light: #d7846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.95,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F31

secondary

#7FBACA

accent

#C0E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F31

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

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