#BC5234#BC5234

#BC5234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5234
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 52)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 40.82, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 55.77, 42.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1158 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.144 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3786, 16.9771, 5.2413)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5234 #349EBC

analogous

#BC345A #BC5234 #BC9634

triadic

#BC5234 #34BC52 #5234BC

tetradic

#BC5234 #5ABC34 #349EBC #9634BC

square

#BC5234 #5ABC34 #349EBC #9634BC

split-complementary

#BC5234 #34BC96 #345ABC

monochromatic

#5C2819 #8C3D27 #BC5234 #D2765B #DF9E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5234

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5234	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)

#6F6430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866d',
    500: '#bc5234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5234;
$custom-light: #d7866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56915,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5234

secondary

#83BAC9

accent

#BEE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5234

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

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