#BC5139#BC5139

#BC5139 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.144 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5139
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 41.57, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 54.40, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.119 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.144 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4224, 16.8748, 5.8412)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5139 #39A4BC

analogous

#BC3963 #BC5139 #BC9239

triadic

#BC5139 #39BC51 #5139BC

tetradic

#BC5139 #63BC39 #39A4BC #9239BC

square

#BC5139 #63BC39 #39A4BC #9239BC

split-complementary

#BC5139 #39BC92 #3963BC

monochromatic

#5E291D #8D3D2B #BC5139 #D07763 #DEA092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5139

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5139	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)

#6E6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.144 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78570',
    500: '#bc5139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5139;
$custom-light: #d78570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.992,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56836,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5139

secondary

#88BDC9

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5139

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

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