#BC512E#BC512E

#BC512E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC512E
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 41.04, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 57.94, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1153 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.147 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1771, 16.7767, 4.5493)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC512E #2E99BC

analogous

#BC2E52 #BC512E #BC982E

triadic

#BC512E #2EBC51 #512EBC

tetradic

#BC512E #52BC2E #2E99BC #982EBC

square

#BC512E #52BC2E #2E99BC #982EBC

split-complementary

#BC512E #2EBC98 #2E52BC

monochromatic

#5A2716 #8B3C22 #BC512E #D57352 #E19B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC512E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC512E	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78569',
    500: '#bc512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc512e;
$custom-light: #d78569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.789,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56702,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC512E

secondary

#7CB7CA

accent

#BCE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC512E

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

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