#BC573E#BC573E

#BC573E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC573E
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 62)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 38.87, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 51.46, 40.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1116 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.136 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0190, 17.8586, 6.6861)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC573E #3EA3BC

analogous

#BC3E64 #BC573E #BC963E

triadic

#BC573E #3EBC57 #573EBC

tetradic

#BC573E #64BC3E #3EA3BC #963EBC

square

#BC573E #64BC3E #3EA3BC #963EBC

split-complementary

#BC573E #3EBC96 #3E64BC

monochromatic

#602C20 #8E422F #BC573E #CE7D6A #DDA598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC573E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BC573E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC573E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC573E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC573E	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc573e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68974',
    500: '#bc573e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc573e;
$custom-light: #d68974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc573e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57784,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC573E

secondary

#8DBDC9

accent

#BEDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC573E

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

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