#BC5635#BC5635

#BC5635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.140 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5635
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 38.88, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 54.59, 44.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.11 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.14 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7118, 17.6071, 5.4647)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5635 #359BBC

analogous

#BC3557 #BC5635 #BC9A35

triadic

#BC5635 #35BC56 #5635BC

tetradic

#BC5635 #57BC35 #359BBC #9A35BC

square

#BC5635 #57BC35 #359BBC #9A35BC

split-complementary

#BC5635 #35BC9A #3557BC

monochromatic

#5D2A1A #8C4028 #BC5635 #D1795D #DFA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5635

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5635	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)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.140 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886e',
    500: '#bc5635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5635;
$custom-light: #d7886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5635

secondary

#84B8C9

accent

#BADF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5635

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

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