#BC513B#BC513B

#BC513B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.143 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC513B
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 41.68, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 53.79, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1197 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.143 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4733, 16.8952, 6.1092)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC513B #3BA6BC

analogous

#BC3B65 #BC513B #BC913B

triadic

#BC513B #3BBC51 #513BBC

tetradic

#BC513B #65BC3B #3BA6BC #913BBC

square

#BC513B #65BC3B #3BA6BC #913BBC

split-complementary

#BC513B #3BBC91 #3B65BC

monochromatic

#5F291E #8D3D2C #BC513B #CF7765 #DDA194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC513B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC513B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC513B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC513B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC513B	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc513b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.143 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78571',
    500: '#bc513b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc513b;
$custom-light: #d78571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc513b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.233,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56864,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC513B

secondary

#8ABEC9

accent

#C3DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC513B

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

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