#BC553D#BC553D

#BC553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553D
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 39.82, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 52.23, 40.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1143 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.139 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8322, 17.5284, 6.4896)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553D #3DA4BC

analogous

#BC3D65 #BC553D #BC953D

triadic

#BC553D #3DBC55 #553DBC

tetradic

#BC553D #65BC3D #3DA4BC #953DBC

square

#BC553D #65BC3D #3DA4BC #953DBC

split-complementary

#BC553D #3DBC95 #3D65BC

monochromatic

#602B1F #8E402E #BC553D #CE7B68 #DDA496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553D	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68873',
    500: '#bc553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553d;
$custom-light: #d68873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57472,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553D

secondary

#8CBDC9

accent

#C0DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553D

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

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