#BC5340#BC5340

#BC5340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.140 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5340
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 40.99, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 51.81, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1185 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.14 32)
XYZ	xyz(24.7600, 17.2512, 6.8754)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5340 #40A9BC

analogous

#BC406B #BC5340 #BC9140

triadic

#BC5340 #40BC53 #5340BC

tetradic

#BC5340 #6BBC40 #40A9BC #9140BC

square

#BC5340 #6BBC40 #40A9BC #9140BC

split-complementary

#BC5340 #40BC91 #406BBC

monochromatic

#612B21 #8E3F30 #BC5340 #CD7B6C #DDA49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC5340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC5340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5340

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5340	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.140 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68675',
    500: '#bc5340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5340;
$custom-light: #d68675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57225,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5340

secondary

#8FC0C9

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5340

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

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