#BC5337#BC5337

#BC5337 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.142 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5337
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 40.48, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 54.58, 42.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1153 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.142 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5243, 17.1569, 5.6339)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5337 #37A0BC

analogous

#BC375D #BC5337 #BC9637

triadic

#BC5337 #37BC53 #5337BC

tetradic

#BC5337 #5DBC37 #37A0BC #9637BC

square

#BC5337 #5DBC37 #37A0BC #9637BC

split-complementary

#BC5337 #37BC96 #375DBC

monochromatic

#5D291B #8D3E29 #BC5337 #D07760 #DEA08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5337 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5337

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5337	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.142 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866f',
    500: '#bc5337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5337;
$custom-light: #d7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5337

secondary

#86BBC9

accent

#BFDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5337

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

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