#BC5738#BC5738

#BC5738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.138 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5738
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 38.53, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 53.39, 43.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1094 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.138 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8634, 17.7964, 5.8664)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5738 #389DBC

analogous

#BC385B #BC5738 #BC9938

triadic

#BC5738 #38BC57 #5738BC

tetradic

#BC5738 #5BBC38 #389DBC #9938BC

square

#BC5738 #5BBC38 #389DBC #9938BC

split-complementary

#BC5738 #38BC99 #385BBC

monochromatic

#5E2B1C #8D412A #BC5738 #D07B61 #DEA390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5738

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5738	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.138 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78970',
    500: '#bc5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5738;
$custom-light: #d78970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5738

secondary

#87B9C9

accent

#BBDD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5738

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

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