#BC5231#BC5231

#BC5231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5231
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 40.68, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 56.75, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1148 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.145 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3132, 16.9509, 4.8967)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5231 #319BBC

analogous

#BC3155 #BC5231 #BC9831

triadic

#BC5231 #31BC52 #5231BC

tetradic

#BC5231 #55BC31 #319BBC #9831BC

square

#BC5231 #55BC31 #319BBC #9831BC

split-complementary

#BC5231 #31BC98 #3155BC

monochromatic

#5B2818 #8B3D24 #BC5231 #D37457 #E09D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5231

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5231	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866b',
    500: '#bc5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5231;
$custom-light: #d7866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.245,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56879,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5231

secondary

#7FB8CA

accent

#BDE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5231

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

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