#BC513D#BC513D

#BC513D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.143 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC513D
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 41.79, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 53.19, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1205 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.143 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5261, 16.9163, 6.3876)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC513D #3DA8BC

analogous

#BC3D69 #BC513D #BC913D

triadic

#BC513D #3DBC51 #513DBC

tetradic

#BC513D #69BC3D #3DA8BC #913DBC

square

#BC513D #69BC3D #3DA8BC #913DBC

split-complementary

#BC513D #3DBC91 #3D69BC

monochromatic

#60291F #8E3D2E #BC513D #CE7868 #DDA196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC513D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC513D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC513D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC513D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC513D	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc513d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.143 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78573',
    500: '#bc513d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc513d;
$custom-light: #d78573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc513d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.449,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56893,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC513D

secondary

#8CBFC9

accent

#C4DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC513D

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

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