#BC4F37#BC4F37

#BC4F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F37
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 42.44, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 55.49, 40.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1213 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.146 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2270, 16.5624, 5.5348)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F37 #37A4BC

analogous

#BC3761 #BC4F37 #BC9137

triadic

#BC4F37 #37BC4F #4F37BC

tetradic

#BC4F37 #61BC37 #37A4BC #9137BC

square

#BC4F37 #61BC37 #37A4BC #9137BC

split-complementary

#BC4F37 #37BC91 #3761BC

monochromatic

#5D271B #8D3B29 #BC4F37 #D07460 #DE9D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F37

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F37	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)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846f',
    500: '#bc4f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f37;
$custom-light: #d7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.827,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56527,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F37

secondary

#86BDC9

accent

#C3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F37

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

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