#BC5037#BC5037

#BC5037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5037
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 41.95, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 55.26, 40.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1198 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.145 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2997, 16.7077, 5.5590)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5037 #37A3BC

analogous

#BC3761 #BC5037 #BC9237

triadic

#BC5037 #37BC50 #5037BC

tetradic

#BC5037 #61BC37 #37A3BC #9237BC

square

#BC5037 #61BC37 #37A3BC #9237BC

split-complementary

#BC5037 #37BC92 #3761BC

monochromatic

#5D281B #8D3C29 #BC5037 #D07560 #DE9E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5037

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5037	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)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846f',
    500: '#bc5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5037;
$custom-light: #d7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.278,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56667,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5037

secondary

#86BCC9

accent

#C2DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5037

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

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