#BC5036#BC5036

#BC5036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.146 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5036
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 41.90, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 55.57, 41.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1195 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.146 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2760, 16.6982, 5.4341)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5036 #36A2BC

analogous

#BC365F #BC5036 #BC9336

triadic

#BC5036 #36BC50 #5036BC

tetradic

#BC5036 #5FBC36 #36A2BC #9336BC

square

#BC5036 #5FBC36 #36A2BC #9336BC

split-complementary

#BC5036 #36BC93 #365FBC

monochromatic

#5D281B #8C3C28 #BC5036 #D1755E #DF9E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC5036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5036

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5036	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)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.146 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846e',
    500: '#bc5036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5036;
$custom-light: #d7846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56654,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5036

secondary

#85BCC9

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5036

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

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