#BC553E#BC553E

#BC553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553E
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 39.88, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 51.93, 39.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1147 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.138 34)
XYZ	xyz(24.8594, 17.5393, 6.6328)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553E #3EA5BC

analogous

#BC3E66 #BC553E #BC943E

triadic

#BC553E #3EBC55 #553EBC

tetradic

#BC553E #66BC3E #3EA5BC #943EBC

square

#BC553E #66BC3E #3EA5BC #943EBC

split-complementary

#BC553E #3EBC94 #3E66BC

monochromatic

#602B20 #8E402F #BC553E #CE7C6A #DDA498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553E	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)

#70663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68874',
    500: '#bc553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553e;
$custom-light: #d68874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57487,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.17536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553E

secondary

#8DBEC9

accent

#C0DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553E

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

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