#BC533C#BC533C

#BC533C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC533C
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 40.75, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 53.01, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1171 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.141 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6503, 17.2073, 6.2974)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC533C #3CA5BC

analogous

#BC3C65 #BC533C #BC933C

triadic

#BC533C #3CBC53 #533CBC

tetradic

#BC533C #65BC3C #3CA5BC #933CBC

square

#BC533C #65BC3C #3CA5BC #933CBC

split-complementary

#BC533C #3CBC93 #3C65BC

monochromatic

#5F2A1E #8E3F2D #BC533C #CE7967 #DDA295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC533C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC533C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC533C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC533C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC533C	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc533c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78672',
    500: '#bc533c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc533c;
$custom-light: #d78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc533c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.781,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57165,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC533C

secondary

#8BBEC9

accent

#C1DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC533C

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

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