#BC5035#BC5035

#BC5035 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.146 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5035
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 41.85, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 55.89, 41.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1191 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.146 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2527, 16.6889, 5.3116)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5035 #35A1BC

analogous

#BC355D #BC5035 #BC9435

triadic

#BC5035 #35BC50 #5035BC

tetradic

#BC5035 #5DBC35 #35A1BC #9435BC

square

#BC5035 #5DBC35 #35A1BC #9435BC

split-complementary

#BC5035 #35BC94 #355DBC

monochromatic

#5D271A #8C3C28 #BC5035 #D1745D #DF9D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC5035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5035 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5035

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5035	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.146 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846d',
    500: '#bc5035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5035;
$custom-light: #d7846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56641,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5035

secondary

#84BBC9

accent

#C1DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5035

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

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