#BC5039#BC5039

#BC5039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5039
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 42.06, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 54.64, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1205 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.145 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3486, 16.7273, 5.8166)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5039 #39A5BC

analogous

#BC3964 #BC5039 #BC9139

triadic

#BC5039 #39BC50 #5039BC

tetradic

#BC5039 #64BC39 #39A5BC #9139BC

square

#BC5039 #64BC39 #39A5BC #9139BC

split-complementary

#BC5039 #39BC91 #3964BC

monochromatic

#5E281D #8D3C2B #BC5039 #D07663 #DE9F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC5039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5039

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5039	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78470',
    500: '#bc5039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5039;
$custom-light: #d78470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.534,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56694,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5039

secondary

#88BDC9

accent

#C3DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5039

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

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