#BC512F#BC512F

#BC512F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC512F
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 41.08, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 57.61, 44.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1156 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.147 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1970, 16.7847, 4.6544)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC512F #2F9ABC

analogous

#BC2F53 #BC512F #BC972F

triadic

#BC512F #2FBC51 #512FBC

tetradic

#BC512F #53BC2F #2F9ABC #972FBC

square

#BC512F #53BC2F #2F9ABC #972FBC

split-complementary

#BC512F #2FBC97 #2F53BC

monochromatic

#5A2717 #8B3C23 #BC512F #D47354 #E09B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC512F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC512F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC512F

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC512F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC512F	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc512f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78569',
    500: '#bc512f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc512f;
$custom-light: #d78569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc512f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56713,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC512F

secondary

#7DB7CA

accent

#BDE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC512F

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

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