#BC5639#BC5639

#BC5639 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.139 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5639
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 39.09, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 53.28, 42.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1113 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.139 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8077, 17.6455, 5.9697)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5639 #399FBC

analogous

#BC395E #BC5639 #BC9739

triadic

#BC5639 #39BC56 #5639BC

tetradic

#BC5639 #5EBC39 #399FBC #9739BC

square

#BC5639 #5EBC39 #399FBC #9739BC

split-complementary

#BC5639 #39BC97 #395EBC

monochromatic

#5E2B1D #8D412B #BC5639 #D07B63 #DEA292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC5639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC5639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5639

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5639	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)

#716736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.139 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78870',
    500: '#bc5639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5639;
$custom-light: #d78870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.282,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57565,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5639

secondary

#88BAC9

accent

#BDDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5639

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

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