#BC534C#BC534C

#BC534C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC534C
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 76)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 41.80, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 48.68, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1232 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.137 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1390, 17.4028, 8.8713)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC534C #4CB5BC

analogous

#BC4C7D #BC534C #BC8B4C

triadic

#BC534C #4CBC53 #534CBC

tetradic

#BC534C #7DBC4C #4CB5BC #8B4CBC

square

#BC534C #7DBC4C #4CB5BC #8B4CBC

split-complementary

#BC534C #4CBC8B #4C7DBC

monochromatic

#672B27 #943D37 #BC534C #CD7E79 #DDA9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC534C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC534C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC534C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC534C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC534C	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)

#6D664B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc534c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877e',
    500: '#bc534c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc534c;
$custom-light: #d6877e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc534c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57428,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC534C

secondary

#99C7CA

accent

#CDD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC534C

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

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