#BC553A#BC553A

#BC553A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553A
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 58)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 39.65, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 53.17, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1133 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.14 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7536, 17.4970, 6.0759)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553A #3AA1BC

analogous

#BC3A60 #BC553A #BC963A

triadic

#BC553A #3ABC55 #553ABC

tetradic

#BC553A #60BC3A #3AA1BC #963ABC

square

#BC553A #60BC3A #3AA1BC #963ABC

split-complementary

#BC553A #3ABC96 #3A60BC

monochromatic

#5E2B1D #8D402C #BC553A #CF7A64 #DEA293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC553A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC553A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553A

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553A	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78871',
    500: '#bc553a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553a;
$custom-light: #d78871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553A

secondary

#89BCC9

accent

#BEDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553A

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

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