#BC5137#BC5137

#BC5137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.144 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5137
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 41.47, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 55.03, 41.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1183 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.144 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3735, 16.8552, 5.5836)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5137 #37A2BC

analogous

#BC3760 #BC5137 #BC9337

triadic

#BC5137 #37BC51 #5137BC

tetradic

#BC5137 #60BC37 #37A2BC #9337BC

square

#BC5137 #60BC37 #37A2BC #9337BC

split-complementary

#BC5137 #37BC93 #3760BC

monochromatic

#5D281B #8D3D29 #BC5137 #D07660 #DE9F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5137

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5137	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)

#6E6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.144 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856f',
    500: '#bc5137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5137;
$custom-light: #d7856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.729,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5137

secondary

#86BCC9

accent

#C1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5137

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

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