#BC4F34#BC4F34

#BC4F34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F34
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 52)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 42.29, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 56.43, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1203 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.147 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1573, 16.5345, 5.1675)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F34 #34A1BC

analogous

#BC345D #BC4F34 #BC9334

triadic

#BC4F34 #34BC4F #4F34BC

tetradic

#BC4F34 #5DBC34 #34A1BC #9334BC

square

#BC4F34 #5DBC34 #34A1BC #9334BC

split-complementary

#BC4F34 #34BC93 #345DBC

monochromatic

#5C2719 #8C3B27 #BC4F34 #D2735B #DF9C8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F34

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F34	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846d',
    500: '#bc4f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f34;
$custom-light: #d7846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56488,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F34

secondary

#83BBC9

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F34

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

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