#BC513E#BC513E

#BC513E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC513E
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 41.85, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 52.90, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1208 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.142 32)
XYZ	xyz(24.5533, 16.9272, 6.5308)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC513E #3EA9BC

analogous

#BC3E6A #BC513E #BC903E

triadic

#BC513E #3EBC51 #513EBC

tetradic

#BC513E #6ABC3E #3EA9BC #903EBC

square

#BC513E #6ABC3E #3EA9BC #903EBC

split-complementary

#BC513E #3EBC90 #3E6ABC

monochromatic

#602920 #8E3D2F #BC513E #CE796A #DDA298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC513E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC513E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC513E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC513E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC513E	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)

#6D643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc513e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78574',
    500: '#bc513e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc513e;
$custom-light: #d78574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc513e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56907,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC513E

secondary

#8DC0C9

accent

#C5DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC513E

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

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