#BC534D#BC534D

#BC534D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC534D
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 41.87, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 48.46, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1236 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.137 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1740, 17.4168, 9.0558)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC534D #4DB6BC

analogous

#BC4D7F #BC534D #BC8B4D

triadic

#BC534D #4DBC53 #534DBC

tetradic

#BC534D #7FBC4D #4DB6BC #8B4DBC

square

#BC534D #7FBC4D #4DB6BC #8B4DBC

split-complementary

#BC534D #4DBC8B #4D7FBC

monochromatic

#682A27 #943D38 #BC534D #CD7E79 #DDA9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC534D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC534D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC534D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC534D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC534D	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc534d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877f',
    500: '#bc534d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc534d;
$custom-light: #d6877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc534d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57447,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC534D

secondary

#9AC8CB

accent

#CED553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC534D

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

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