#BC5533#BC5533

#BC5533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.142 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5533
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 39.29, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 55.47, 44.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1108 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.142 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5875, 17.4305, 5.2010)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5533 #339ABC

analogous

#BC3355 #BC5533 #BC9A33

triadic

#BC5533 #33BC55 #5533BC

tetradic

#BC5533 #55BC33 #339ABC #9A33BC

square

#BC5533 #55BC33 #339ABC #9A33BC

split-complementary

#BC5533 #33BC9A #3355BC

monochromatic

#5C2919 #8C3F26 #BC5533 #D2785A #DF9F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5533

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5533	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.142 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876c',
    500: '#bc5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5533;
$custom-light: #d7876c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.891,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57341,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5533

secondary

#81B8C9

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5533

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

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