#BC5232#BC5232

#BC5232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5232
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 40.73, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 56.42, 43.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1151 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.145 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3345, 16.9594, 5.0091)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5232 #329CBC

analogous

#BC3257 #BC5232 #BC9732

triadic

#BC5232 #32BC52 #5232BC

tetradic

#BC5232 #57BC32 #329CBC #9732BC

square

#BC5232 #57BC32 #329CBC #9732BC

split-complementary

#BC5232 #32BC97 #3257BC

monochromatic

#5B2818 #8C3D25 #BC5232 #D37558 #E09D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5232

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5232	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)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866b',
    500: '#bc5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5232;
$custom-light: #d7866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56891,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5232

secondary

#80B9C9

accent

#BDE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5232

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

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