#BC543A#BC543A

#BC543A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.140 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC543A
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 58)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 40.15, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 53.40, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1148 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.14 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6754, 17.3406, 6.0499)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC543A #3AA2BC

analogous

#BC3A61 #BC543A #BC953A

triadic

#BC543A #3ABC54 #543ABC

tetradic

#BC543A #61BC3A #3AA2BC #953ABC

square

#BC543A #61BC3A #3AA2BC #953ABC

split-complementary

#BC543A #3ABC95 #3A61BC

monochromatic

#5E2A1D #8D3F2C #BC543A #CF7964 #DEA293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC543A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC543A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC543A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC543A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC543A	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc543a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.140 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78771',
    500: '#bc543a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc543a;
$custom-light: #d78771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc543a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC543A

secondary

#89BCC9

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC543A

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

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