#BC5038#BC5038

#BC5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5038
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 42.01, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 54.94, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1202 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.145 34)
XYZ	xyz(24.3239, 16.7174, 5.6865)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5038 #38A4BC

analogous

#BC3862 #BC5038 #BC9238

triadic

#BC5038 #38BC50 #5038BC

tetradic

#BC5038 #62BC38 #38A4BC #9238BC

square

#BC5038 #62BC38 #38A4BC #9238BC

split-complementary

#BC5038 #38BC92 #3862BC

monochromatic

#5E281C #8D3C2A #BC5038 #D07561 #DE9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5038

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5038	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846f',
    500: '#bc5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5038;
$custom-light: #d7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56681,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.16714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5038

secondary

#87BDC9

accent

#C3DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5038

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

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