#BC534B#BC534B

#BC534B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC534B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 75)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 41.73, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 48.91, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1228 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.137 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1045, 17.3890, 8.6896)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC534B #4BB4BC

analogous

#BC4B7C #BC534B #BC8C4B

triadic

#BC534B #4BBC53 #534BBC

tetradic

#BC534B #7CBC4B #4BB4BC #8C4BBC

square

#BC534B #7CBC4B #4BB4BC #8C4BBC

split-complementary

#BC534B #4BBC8C #4B7CBC

monochromatic

#662B26 #933D37 #BC534B #CD7E78 #DDA8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC534B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC534B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC534B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC534B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC534B	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc534b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877d',
    500: '#bc534b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc534b;
$custom-light: #d6877d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc534b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.248,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5741,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC534B

secondary

#99C7CA

accent

#CCD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC534B

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

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