#BC4F35#BC4F35

#BC4F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F35
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 42.34, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 56.11, 41.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1206 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.147 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1801, 16.5436, 5.2874)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F35 #35A2BC

analogous

#BC355E #BC4F35 #BC9335

triadic

#BC4F35 #35BC4F #4F35BC

tetradic

#BC4F35 #5EBC35 #35A2BC #9335BC

square

#BC4F35 #5EBC35 #35A2BC #9335BC

split-complementary

#BC4F35 #35BC93 #355EBC

monochromatic

#5D271A #8C3B28 #BC4F35 #D1735D #DF9C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F35

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F35	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846d',
    500: '#bc4f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f35;
$custom-light: #d7846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56501,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F35

secondary

#84BCC9

accent

#C2DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F35

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

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