#BC523B#BC523B

#BC523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523B
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 41.19, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 53.55, 39.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1182 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.142 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5481, 17.0449, 6.1341)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523B #3BA5BC

analogous

#BC3B64 #BC523B #BC923B

triadic

#BC523B #3BBC52 #523BBC

tetradic

#BC523B #64BC3B #3BA5BC #923BBC

square

#BC523B #64BC3B #3BA5BC #923BBC

split-complementary

#BC523B #3BBC92 #3B64BC

monochromatic

#5F291E #8D3E2C #BC523B #CF7865 #DDA194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523B	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78672',
    500: '#bc523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523b;
$custom-light: #d78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.698,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57007,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523B

secondary

#8ABEC9

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523B

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

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