#BC5438#BC5438

#BC5438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.141 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5438
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 40.04, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 54.04, 42.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1141 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.141 36)
XYZ	xyz(24.6255, 17.3207, 5.7871)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5438 #38A0BC

analogous

#BC385E #BC5438 #BC9638

triadic

#BC5438 #38BC54 #5438BC

tetradic

#BC5438 #5EBC38 #38A0BC #9638BC

square

#BC5438 #5EBC38 #38A0BC #9638BC

split-complementary

#BC5438 #38BC96 #385EBC

monochromatic

#5E2A1C #8D3F2A #BC5438 #D07961 #DEA190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5438

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5438	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.141 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78770',
    500: '#bc5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5438;
$custom-light: #d78770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.17318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5438

secondary

#87BBC9

accent

#BEDD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5438

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

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