#BC5435#BC5435

#BC5435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.142 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5435
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 39.88, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 55.01, 43.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1131 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.142 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5544, 17.2922, 5.4122)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5435 #359DBC

analogous

#BC3559 #BC5435 #BC9835

triadic

#BC5435 #35BC54 #5435BC

tetradic

#BC5435 #59BC35 #359DBC #9835BC

square

#BC5435 #59BC35 #359DBC #9835BC

split-complementary

#BC5435 #35BC98 #3559BC

monochromatic

#5D291A #8C3F28 #BC5435 #D1785D #DF9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5435

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5435	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.142 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876d',
    500: '#bc5435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5435;
$custom-light: #d7876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57218,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5435

secondary

#84B9C9

accent

#BDDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5435

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

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