#BC5437#BC5437

#BC5437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5437
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 39.99, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 54.36, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1137 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.141 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6013, 17.3110, 5.6596)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5437 #379FBC

analogous

#BC375C #BC5437 #BC9737

triadic

#BC5437 #37BC54 #5437BC

tetradic

#BC5437 #5CBC37 #379FBC #9737BC

square

#BC5437 #5CBC37 #379FBC #9737BC

split-complementary

#BC5437 #37BC97 #375CBC

monochromatic

#5D2A1B #8D3F29 #BC5437 #D07860 #DEA08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5437

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5437	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)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876f',
    500: '#bc5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5437;
$custom-light: #d7876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.083,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5437

secondary

#86BAC9

accent

#BEDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5437

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

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