#BC502D#BC502D

#BC502D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.148 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502D
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 41.49, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 58.48, 44.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1165 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.148 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0838, 16.6214, 4.4221)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502D #2D99BC

analogous

#BC2D52 #BC502D #BC972D

triadic

#BC502D #2DBC50 #502DBC

tetradic

#BC502D #52BC2D #2D99BC #972DBC

square

#BC502D #52BC2D #2D99BC #972DBC

split-complementary

#BC502D #2DBC97 #2D52BC

monochromatic

#592615 #8B3B21 #BC502D #D57151 #E19982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC502D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC502D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502D

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502D	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)

#6E6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.148 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88468',
    500: '#bc502d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502d;
$custom-light: #d88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.685,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56548,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502D

secondary

#7BB7CA

accent

#BDE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502D

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

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