#BC5135#BC5135

#BC5135 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.145 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5135
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 41.36, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 55.66, 42.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1176 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.145 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3265, 16.8365, 5.3362)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5135 #35A0BC

analogous

#BC355D #BC5135 #BC9435

triadic

#BC5135 #35BC51 #5135BC

tetradic

#BC5135 #5DBC35 #35A0BC #9435BC

square

#BC5135 #5DBC35 #35A0BC #9435BC

split-complementary

#BC5135 #35BC94 #355DBC

monochromatic

#5D281A #8C3C28 #BC5135 #D1755D #DF9E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5135 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5135

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5135	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.145 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856d',
    500: '#bc5135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5135;
$custom-light: #d7856d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5135

secondary

#84BBC9

accent

#C0DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5135

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

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