#BC573C#BC573C

#BC573C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.137 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC573C
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 60)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 38.75, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 52.09, 41.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1109 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.137 36)
XYZ	xyz(24.9652, 17.8371, 6.4023)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC573C #3CA1BC

analogous

#BC3C61 #BC573C #BC973C

triadic

#BC573C #3CBC57 #573CBC

tetradic

#BC573C #61BC3C #3CA1BC #973CBC

square

#BC573C #61BC3C #3CA1BC #973CBC

split-complementary

#BC573C #3CBC97 #3C61BC

monochromatic

#5F2C1E #8E422D #BC573C #CE7D67 #DDA495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC573C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BC573C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC573C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC573C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC573C	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc573c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.137 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68972',
    500: '#bc573c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc573c;
$custom-light: #d68972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc573c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.656,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57756,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.17834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC573C

secondary

#8BBCC9

accent

#BDDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC573C

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

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