#BC5236#BC5236

#BC5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.144 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5236
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 40.92, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 55.12, 42.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1164 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.144 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4246, 16.9955, 5.4836)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5236 #36A0BC

analogous

#BC365D #BC5236 #BC9536

triadic

#BC5236 #36BC52 #5236BC

tetradic

#BC5236 #5DBC36 #36A0BC #9536BC

square

#BC5236 #5DBC36 #36A0BC #9536BC

split-complementary

#BC5236 #36BC95 #365DBC

monochromatic

#5D291B #8C3D28 #BC5236 #D1765E #DF9F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5236

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5236	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.144 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866e',
    500: '#bc5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5236;
$custom-light: #d7866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5236

secondary

#85BBC9

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5236

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

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