#BC4F39#BC4F39

#BC4F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.146 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F39
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 57)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 42.54, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 54.87, 39.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.122 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.146 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2759, 16.5819, 5.7924)
Luminance	0.1658 (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

#BC4F39 #39A6BC

analogous

#BC3965 #BC4F39 #BC9039

triadic

#BC4F39 #39BC4F #4F39BC

tetradic

#BC4F39 #65BC39 #39A6BC #9039BC

square

#BC4F39 #65BC39 #39A6BC #9039BC

split-complementary

#BC4F39 #39BC90 #3965BC

monochromatic

#5E281D #8D3B2B #BC4F39 #D07563 #DE9E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F39

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F39	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.146 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78470',
    500: '#bc4f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f39;
$custom-light: #d78470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.076,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56554,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F39

secondary

#88BEC9

accent

#C4DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F39

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

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