#BC5637#BC5637

#BC5637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5637
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 38.98, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 53.93, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1106 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.139 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7588, 17.6259, 5.7120)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5637 #379DBC

analogous

#BC375A #BC5637 #BC9937

triadic

#BC5637 #37BC56 #5637BC

tetradic

#BC5637 #5ABC37 #379DBC #9937BC

square

#BC5637 #5ABC37 #379DBC #9937BC

split-complementary

#BC5637 #37BC99 #375ABC

monochromatic

#5D2B1B #8D4029 #BC5637 #D07A60 #DEA28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC5637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5637

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5637	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)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886f',
    500: '#bc5637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5637;
$custom-light: #d7886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.985,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57539,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5637

secondary

#86B9C9

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5637

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

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