#BC4F3B#BC4F3B

#BC4F3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.145 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F3B
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 42.65, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 54.27, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1228 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.145 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3268, 16.6023, 6.0604)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F3B #3BA8BC

analogous

#BC3B67 #BC4F3B #BC8F3B

triadic

#BC4F3B #3BBC4F #4F3BBC

tetradic

#BC4F3B #67BC3B #3BA8BC #8F3BBC

square

#BC4F3B #67BC3B #3BA8BC #8F3BBC

split-complementary

#BC4F3B #3BBC8F #3B67BC

monochromatic

#5F281E #8D3B2C #BC4F3B #CF7665 #DD9F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4F3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F3B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F3B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.145 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78471',
    500: '#bc4f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f3b;
$custom-light: #d78471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.302,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56582,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F3B

secondary

#8ABFC9

accent

#C5DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F3B

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

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