#BC5131#BC5131

#BC5131 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.146 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5131
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 49)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 41.17, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 56.96, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1163 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.146 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2383, 16.8012, 4.8717)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5131 #319CBC

analogous

#BC3157 #BC5131 #BC9731

triadic

#BC5131 #31BC51 #5131BC

tetradic

#BC5131 #57BC31 #319CBC #9731BC

square

#BC5131 #57BC31 #319CBC #9731BC

split-complementary

#BC5131 #31BC97 #3157BC

monochromatic

#5B2718 #8B3C24 #BC5131 #D37457 #E09C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC5131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC5131 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5131

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5131	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)

#6E632D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.146 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856b',
    500: '#bc5131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5131;
$custom-light: #d7856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.813,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56735,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5131

secondary

#7FB8CA

accent

#BEE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5131

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

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