#BC523F#BC523F

#BC523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC523F
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 41.42, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 52.35, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1197 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.141 32)
XYZ	xyz(24.6559, 17.0880, 6.7016)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC523F #3FA9BC

analogous

#BC3F6B #BC523F #BC913F

triadic

#BC523F #3FBC52 #523FBC

tetradic

#BC523F #6BBC3F #3FA9BC #913FBC

square

#BC523F #6BBC3F #3FA9BC #913FBC

split-complementary

#BC523F #3FBC91 #3F6BBC

monochromatic

#602A20 #8E3E30 #BC523F #CD7A6B #DDA399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC523F

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC523F	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68674',
    500: '#bc523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc523f;
$custom-light: #d68674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.12,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57065,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC523F

secondary

#8EC0C9

accent

#C4D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC523F

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

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