#BC5737#BC5737

#BC5737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.139 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5737
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 38.48, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 53.72, 44.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1091 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.139 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8392, 17.7867, 5.7388)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5737 #379CBC

analogous

#BC3759 #BC5737 #BC9937

triadic

#BC5737 #37BC57 #5737BC

tetradic

#BC5737 #59BC37 #379CBC #9937BC

square

#BC5737 #59BC37 #379CBC #9937BC

split-complementary

#BC5737 #37BC99 #3759BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1B #8D4129 #BC5737 #D07B60 #DEA28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5737

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5737	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.139 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896f',
    500: '#bc5737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5737;
$custom-light: #d7896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57689,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5737

secondary

#86B9C9

accent

#BADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5737

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

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