#BC5838#BC5838

#BC5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.137 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5838
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 38.03, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 53.19, 44.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1079 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.137 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9449, 17.9594, 5.8935)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5838 #389CBC

analogous

#BC385A #BC5838 #BC9A38

triadic

#BC5838 #38BC58 #5838BC

tetradic

#BC5838 #5ABC38 #389CBC #9A38BC

square

#BC5838 #5ABC38 #389CBC #9A38BC

split-complementary

#BC5838 #38BC9A #385ABC

monochromatic

#5E2C1C #8D422A #BC5838 #D07C61 #DEA390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5838

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5838	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.137 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78970',
    500: '#bc5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5838;
$custom-light: #d78970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5838

secondary

#87B9C9

accent

#BADD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5838

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

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