#BC5238#BC5238

#BC5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.143 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5238
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 41.03, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 54.48, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1171 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.143 35)
XYZ	xyz(24.4725, 17.0146, 5.7361)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5238 #38A2BC

analogous

#BC3860 #BC5238 #BC9438

triadic

#BC5238 #38BC52 #5238BC

tetradic

#BC5238 #60BC38 #38A2BC #9438BC

square

#BC5238 #60BC38 #38A2BC #9438BC

split-complementary

#BC5238 #38BC94 #3860BC

monochromatic

#5E291C #8D3D2A #BC5238 #D07761 #DEA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC5238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5238

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5238	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.143 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866f',
    500: '#bc5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5238;
$custom-light: #d7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5238

secondary

#87BCC9

accent

#C0DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5238

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

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