#BC573D#BC573D

#BC573D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.137 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC573D
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 61)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 38.81, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 51.78, 41.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1112 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.137 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9919, 17.8478, 6.5429)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC573D #3DA2BC

analogous

#BC3D63 #BC573D #BC973D

triadic

#BC573D #3DBC57 #573DBC

tetradic

#BC573D #63BC3D #3DA2BC #973DBC

square

#BC573D #63BC3D #3DA2BC #973DBC

split-complementary

#BC573D #3DBC97 #3D63BC

monochromatic

#602C1F #8E422E #BC573D #CE7D68 #DDA596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC573D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BC573D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC573D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC573D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC573D	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)

#72683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc573d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.137 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68973',
    500: '#bc573d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc573d;
$custom-light: #d68973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc573d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC573D

secondary

#8CBCC9

accent

#BEDA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC573D

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

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