#BC5233#BC5233

#BC5233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5233
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 51)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 40.78, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 56.09, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1154 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.144 37)
XYZ	xyz(24.3563, 16.9681, 5.1239)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5233 #339DBC

analogous

#BC3358 #BC5233 #BC9733

triadic

#BC5233 #33BC52 #5233BC

tetradic

#BC5233 #58BC33 #339DBC #9733BC

square

#BC5233 #58BC33 #339DBC #9733BC

split-complementary

#BC5233 #33BC97 #3358BC

monochromatic

#5C2819 #8C3D26 #BC5233 #D2755A #DF9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5233

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5233	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)

#6F642F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866c',
    500: '#bc5233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5233;
$custom-light: #d7866c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.577,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56903,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.16965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5233

secondary

#81B9C9

accent

#BEE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5233

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

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