#BC534A#BC534A

#BC534A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC534A
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 74)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 41.65, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 49.15, 32.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1224 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.138 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0705, 17.3754, 8.5108)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC534A #4AB3BC

analogous

#BC4A7A #BC534A #BC8C4A

triadic

#BC534A #4ABC53 #534ABC

tetradic

#BC534A #7ABC4A #4AB3BC #8C4ABC

square

#BC534A #7ABC4A #4AB3BC #8C4ABC

split-complementary

#BC534A #4ABC8C #4A7ABC

monochromatic

#662B26 #933E36 #BC534A #CD7D77 #DDA8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC534A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC534A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC534A

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC534A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC534A	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc534a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877c',
    500: '#bc534a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc534a;
$custom-light: #d6877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc534a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57392,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC534A

secondary

#98C6CA

accent

#CBD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC534A

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

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