#BC523C#BC523C

#BC523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523C
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 41.25, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 53.25, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1186 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.142 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5743, 17.0553, 6.2720)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523C #3CA6BC

analogous

#BC3C66 #BC523C #BC923C

triadic

#BC523C #3CBC52 #523CBC

tetradic

#BC523C #66BC3C #3CA6BC #923CBC

square

#BC523C #66BC3C #3CA6BC #923CBC

split-complementary

#BC523C #3CBC92 #3C66BC

monochromatic

#5F2A1E #8E3E2D #BC523C #CE7967 #DDA295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523C	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)

#6E6439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78672',
    500: '#bc523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523c;
$custom-light: #d78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57021,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523C

secondary

#8BBEC9

accent

#C3DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523C

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

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