#BC5537#BC5537

#BC5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5537
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 39.49, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 54.14, 43.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1122 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.14 37)
XYZ	xyz(24.6795, 17.4673, 5.6856)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5537 #379EBC

analogous

#BC375B #BC5537 #BC9837

triadic

#BC5537 #37BC55 #5537BC

tetradic

#BC5537 #5BBC37 #379EBC #9837BC

square

#BC5537 #5BBC37 #379EBC #9837BC

split-complementary

#BC5537 #37BC98 #375BBC

monochromatic

#5D2A1B #8D4029 #BC5537 #D07960 #DEA18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5537

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5537	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886f',
    500: '#bc5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5537;
$custom-light: #d7886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.534,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.17464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5537

secondary

#86BAC9

accent

#BDDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5537

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

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