#BC5736#BC5736

#BC5736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.139 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5736
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 38.43, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 54.06, 44.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1088 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.139 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8155, 17.7772, 5.6139)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5736 #369BBC

analogous

#BC3658 #BC5736 #BC9A36

triadic

#BC5736 #36BC57 #5736BC

tetradic

#BC5736 #58BC36 #369BBC #9A36BC

square

#BC5736 #58BC36 #369BBC #9A36BC

split-complementary

#BC5736 #36BC9A #3658BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1B #8C4128 #BC5736 #D17B5E #DFA28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BC5736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5736

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5736	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.139 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896e',
    500: '#bc5736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5736;
$custom-light: #d7896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.776,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57677,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5736

secondary

#85B8C9

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5736

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

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