#BC523D#BC523D

#BC523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523D
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 41.30, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 52.95, 38.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1189 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.142 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6010, 17.0660, 6.4126)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523D #3DA7BC

analogous

#BC3D68 #BC523D #BC923D

triadic

#BC523D #3DBC52 #523DBC

tetradic

#BC523D #68BC3D #3DA7BC #923DBC

square

#BC523D #68BC3D #3DA7BC #923DBC

split-complementary

#BC523D #3DBC92 #3D68BC

monochromatic

#602A1F #8E3E2E #BC523D #CE7968 #DDA296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC523D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523D	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)

#6E643B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78673',
    500: '#bc523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523d;
$custom-light: #d78673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.921,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57036,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523D

secondary

#8CBFC9

accent

#C3DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →