#BC553C#BC553C

#BC553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553C
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 39.76, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 52.54, 40.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.114 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.139 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8055, 17.5177, 6.3491)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553C #3CA3BC

analogous

#BC3C63 #BC553C #BC953C

triadic

#BC553C #3CBC55 #553CBC

tetradic

#BC553C #63BC3C #3CA3BC #953CBC

square

#BC553C #63BC3C #3CA3BC #953CBC

split-complementary

#BC553C #3CBC95 #3C63BC

monochromatic

#5F2B1E #8E402D #BC553C #CE7B67 #DDA395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC553C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553C	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68872',
    500: '#bc553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553c;
$custom-light: #d68872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.719,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57458,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553C

secondary

#8BBDC9

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553C

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

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