#BC534E#BC534E

#BC534E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC534E
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 78)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 41.95, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 48.24, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.124 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.137 25)
XYZ	xyz(25.2096, 17.4310, 9.2432)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC534E #4EB7BC

analogous

#BC4E80 #BC534E #BC8A4E

triadic

#BC534E #4EBC53 #534EBC

tetradic

#BC534E #80BC4E #4EB7BC #8A4EBC

square

#BC534E #80BC4E #4EB7BC #8A4EBC

split-complementary

#BC534E #4EBC8A #4E80BC

monochromatic

#682A27 #953C38 #BC534E #CD7E7A #DEA9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC534E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC534E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC534E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC534E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC534E	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc534e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877f',
    500: '#bc534e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc534e;
$custom-light: #d6877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc534e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57466,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC534E

secondary

#9BC9CB

accent

#CFD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC534E

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

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