#BC553F#BC553F

#BC553F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC553F
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 63)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 39.94, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 51.62, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1151 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.138 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8870, 17.5504, 6.7787)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC553F #3FA6BC

analogous

#BC3F68 #BC553F #BC943F

triadic

#BC553F #3FBC55 #553FBC

tetradic

#BC553F #68BC3F #3FA6BC #943FBC

square

#BC553F #68BC3F #3FA6BC #943FBC

split-complementary

#BC553F #3FBC94 #3F68BC

monochromatic

#602C20 #8E4030 #BC553F #CD7C6B #DDA599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC553F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC553F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC553F

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC553F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC553F	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)

#70663D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc553f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68874',
    500: '#bc553f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc553f;
$custom-light: #d68874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc553f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57501,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC553F

secondary

#8EBEC9

accent

#C1D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC553F

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

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