#BC5136#BC5136

#BC5136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.145 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5136
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 41.41, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 55.34, 41.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.118 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.145 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3497, 16.8457, 5.4586)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5136 #36A1BC

analogous

#BC365E #BC5136 #BC9436

triadic

#BC5136 #36BC51 #5136BC

tetradic

#BC5136 #5EBC36 #36A1BC #9436BC

square

#BC5136 #5EBC36 #36A1BC #9436BC

split-complementary

#BC5136 #36BC94 #365EBC

monochromatic

#5D281B #8C3D28 #BC5136 #D1755E #DF9E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5136

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5136	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)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.145 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856e',
    500: '#bc5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5136;
$custom-light: #d7856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56796,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5136

secondary

#85BBC9

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5136

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

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