#BC523E#BC523E

#BC523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523E
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 41.36, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 52.65, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1193 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.141 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6282, 17.0769, 6.5558)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523E #3EA8BC

analogous

#BC3E69 #BC523E #BC913E

triadic

#BC523E #3EBC52 #523EBC

tetradic

#BC523E #69BC3E #3EA8BC #913EBC

square

#BC523E #69BC3E #3EA8BC #913EBC

split-complementary

#BC523E #3EBC91 #3E69BC

monochromatic

#602A20 #8E3E2F #BC523E #CE796A #DDA398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523E	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)

#6E643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68674',
    500: '#bc523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523e;
$custom-light: #d68674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.524,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5705,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523E

secondary

#8DBFC9

accent

#C4DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523E

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

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