#BC573B#BC573B

#BC573B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC573B
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 59)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 38.70, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 52.41, 42.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1105 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.137 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9390, 17.8266, 6.2644)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC573B #3BA0BC

analogous

#BC3B5F #BC573B #BC973B

triadic

#BC573B #3BBC57 #573BBC

tetradic

#BC573B #5FBC3B #3BA0BC #973BBC

square

#BC573B #5FBC3B #3BA0BC #973BBC

split-complementary

#BC573B #3BBC97 #3B5FBC

monochromatic

#5F2C1E #8D412C #BC573B #CF7C65 #DDA494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC573B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC573B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC573B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC573B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC573B	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc573b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68972',
    500: '#bc573b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc573b;
$custom-light: #d68972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc573b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.023,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC573B

secondary

#8ABBC9

accent

#BDDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC573B

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

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