#BC5543#BC5543

#BC5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.137 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5543
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 40.19, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 50.45, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1166 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.137 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0029, 17.5967, 7.3889)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5543 #43AABC

analogous

#BC436D #BC5543 #BC9243

triadic

#BC5543 #43BC55 #5543BC

tetradic

#BC5543 #6DBC43 #43AABC #9243BC

square

#BC5543 #6DBC43 #43AABC #9243BC

split-complementary

#BC5543 #43BC92 #436DBC

monochromatic

#622C23 #8F4133 #BC5543 #CC7E70 #DCA79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5543

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5543	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.137 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68877',
    500: '#bc5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5543;
$custom-light: #d68877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.926,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57563,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5543

secondary

#92C0C9

accent

#C3D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5543

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

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