#BC4F36#BC4F36

#BC4F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F36
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 42.39, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 55.80, 40.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.121 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.147 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2033, 16.5529, 5.4098)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F36 #36A3BC

analogous

#BC3660 #BC4F36 #BC9236

triadic

#BC4F36 #36BC4F #4F36BC

tetradic

#BC4F36 #60BC36 #36A3BC #9236BC

square

#BC4F36 #60BC36 #36A3BC #9236BC

split-complementary

#BC4F36 #36BC92 #3660BC

monochromatic

#5D271B #8C3B28 #BC4F36 #D1745E #DF9D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F36

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F36	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846e',
    500: '#bc4f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f36;
$custom-light: #d7846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F36

secondary

#85BCC9

accent

#C3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F36

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

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