#BC553B#BC553B

#BC553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.139 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553B
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 39.70, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 52.86, 41.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1136 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.139 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7793, 17.5073, 6.2112)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553B #3BA2BC

analogous

#BC3B61 #BC553B #BC953B

triadic

#BC553B #3BBC55 #553BBC

tetradic

#BC553B #61BC3B #3BA2BC #953BBC

square

#BC553B #61BC3B #3BA2BC #953BBC

split-complementary

#BC553B #3BBC95 #3B61BC

monochromatic

#5F2B1E #8D402C #BC553B #CF7B65 #DDA394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553B	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)

#706638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.139 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78872',
    500: '#bc553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553b;
$custom-light: #d78872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57444,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553B

secondary

#8ABCC9

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553B

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

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