#BC5536#BC5536

#BC5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.141 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5536
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 39.43, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 54.47, 43.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1119 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.141 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6558, 17.4578, 5.5607)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5536 #369DBC

analogous

#BC365A #BC5536 #BC9836

triadic

#BC5536 #36BC55 #5536BC

tetradic

#BC5536 #5ABC36 #369DBC #9836BC

square

#BC5536 #5ABC36 #369DBC #9836BC

split-complementary

#BC5536 #36BC98 #365ABC

monochromatic

#5D2A1B #8C4028 #BC5536 #D1795E #DFA18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5536

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5536	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)

#716632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.141 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886e',
    500: '#bc5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5536;
$custom-light: #d7886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.881,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57378,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5536

secondary

#85B9C9

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5536

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

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