#BC523A#BC523A

#BC523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523A
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 41.14, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 53.86, 40.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1179 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.142 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5224, 17.0346, 5.9988)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523A #3AA4BC

analogous

#BC3A63 #BC523A #BC933A

triadic

#BC523A #3ABC52 #523ABC

tetradic

#BC523A #63BC3A #3AA4BC #933ABC

square

#BC523A #63BC3A #3AA4BC #933ABC

split-complementary

#BC523A #3ABC93 #3A63BC

monochromatic

#5E291D #8D3E2C #BC523A #CF7864 #DEA193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523A	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78671',
    500: '#bc523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523a;
$custom-light: #d78671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56993,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523A

secondary

#89BDC9

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523A

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

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