#BC5230#BC5230

#BC5230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5230
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 48)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 40.64, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 57.08, 44.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1144 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.145 38)
XYZ	xyz(24.2923, 16.9425, 4.7868)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5230 #309ABC

analogous

#BC3054 #BC5230 #BC9830

triadic

#BC5230 #30BC52 #5230BC

tetradic

#BC5230 #54BC30 #309ABC #9830BC

square

#BC5230 #54BC30 #309ABC #9830BC

split-complementary

#BC5230 #30BC98 #3054BC

monochromatic

#5A2717 #8B3D24 #BC5230 #D47455 #E09C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC5230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5230

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5230	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866a',
    500: '#bc5230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5230;
$custom-light: #d7866a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56868,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.16939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5230

secondary

#7EB7CA

accent

#BCE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5230

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

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