#BC5235#BC5235

#BC5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5235
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 40.87, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 55.44, 42.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1161 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.144 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4013, 16.9862, 5.3612)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5235 #359FBC

analogous

#BC355B #BC5235 #BC9635

triadic

#BC5235 #35BC52 #5235BC

tetradic

#BC5235 #5BBC35 #359FBC #9635BC

square

#BC5235 #5BBC35 #359FBC #9635BC

split-complementary

#BC5235 #35BC96 #355BBC

monochromatic

#5D281A #8C3D28 #BC5235 #D1765D #DF9E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC5235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5235

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5235	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866d',
    500: '#bc5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5235;
$custom-light: #d7866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56927,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5235

secondary

#84BAC9

accent

#BFDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5235

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

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