#BC5638#BC5638

#BC5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.139 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5638
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 39.04, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 53.60, 43.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.111 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.139 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7830, 17.6356, 5.8396)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5638 #389EBC

analogous

#BC385C #BC5638 #BC9838

triadic

#BC5638 #38BC56 #5638BC

tetradic

#BC5638 #5CBC38 #389EBC #9838BC

square

#BC5638 #5CBC38 #389EBC #9838BC

split-complementary

#BC5638 #38BC98 #385CBC

monochromatic

#5E2B1C #8D402A #BC5638 #D07A61 #DEA290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5638

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5638	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.139 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78870',
    500: '#bc5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5638;
$custom-light: #d78870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57552,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5638

secondary

#87BAC9

accent

#BCDD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5638

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

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