#BC5636#BC5636

#BC5636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.140 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5636
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 38.93, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 54.26, 44.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1103 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.14 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7351, 17.6164, 5.5871)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5636 #369CBC

analogous

#BC3659 #BC5636 #BC9936

triadic

#BC5636 #36BC56 #5636BC

tetradic

#BC5636 #59BC36 #369CBC #9936BC

square

#BC5636 #59BC36 #369CBC #9936BC

split-complementary

#BC5636 #36BC99 #3659BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1B #8C4028 #BC5636 #D17A5E #DFA18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC5636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5636

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5636	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.140 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886e',
    500: '#bc5636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5636;
$custom-light: #d7886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57527,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5636

secondary

#85B9C9

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5636

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

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