#BC543C#BC543C

#BC543C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.140 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC543C
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 40.26, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 52.77, 40.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1155 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.14 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7273, 17.3614, 6.3230)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC543C #3CA4BC

analogous

#BC3C64 #BC543C #BC943C

triadic

#BC543C #3CBC54 #543CBC

tetradic

#BC543C #64BC3C #3CA4BC #943CBC

square

#BC543C #64BC3C #3CA4BC #943CBC

split-complementary

#BC543C #3CBC94 #3C64BC

monochromatic

#5F2B1E #8E3F2D #BC543C #CE7A67 #DDA395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC543C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC543C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC543C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC543C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC543C	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)

#706639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc543c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.140 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68772',
    500: '#bc543c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc543c;
$custom-light: #d68772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc543c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57311,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC543C

secondary

#8BBDC9

accent

#C0DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC543C

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

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