#BC5138#BC5138

#BC5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.144 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5138
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 41.52, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 54.71, 40.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1187 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.144 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3977, 16.8649, 5.7111)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5138 #38A3BC

analogous

#BC3861 #BC5138 #BC9338

triadic

#BC5138 #38BC51 #5138BC

tetradic

#BC5138 #61BC38 #38A3BC #9338BC

square

#BC5138 #61BC38 #38A3BC #9338BC

split-complementary

#BC5138 #38BC93 #3861BC

monochromatic

#5E281C #8D3D2A #BC5138 #D07661 #DE9F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5138

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5138	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.144 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856f',
    500: '#bc5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5138;
$custom-light: #d7856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5138

secondary

#87BCC9

accent

#C2DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5138

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

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