#BC5338#BC5338

#BC5338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.142 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5338
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 40.53, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 54.26, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1156 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.142 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5485, 17.1666, 5.7614)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5338 #38A1BC

analogous

#BC385F #BC5338 #BC9538

triadic

#BC5338 #38BC53 #5338BC

tetradic

#BC5338 #5FBC38 #38A1BC #9538BC

square

#BC5338 #5FBC38 #38A1BC #9538BC

split-complementary

#BC5338 #38BC95 #385FBC

monochromatic

#5E291C #8D3E2A #BC5338 #D07861 #DEA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5338

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5338	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)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.142 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7866f',
    500: '#bc5338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5338;
$custom-light: #d7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5711,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5338

secondary

#87BBC9

accent

#BFDD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5338

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

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