#BC5839#BC5839

#BC5839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.137 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5839
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 38.08, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 52.85, 43.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1082 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.137 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9696, 17.9693, 6.0236)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5839 #399DBC

analogous

#BC395C #BC5839 #BC9939

triadic

#BC5839 #39BC58 #5839BC

tetradic

#BC5839 #5CBC39 #399DBC #9939BC

square

#BC5839 #5CBC39 #399DBC #9939BC

split-complementary

#BC5839 #39BC99 #395CBC

monochromatic

#5E2C1D #8D422B #BC5839 #D07C63 #DEA492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC5839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5839

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5839	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)

#736836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.137 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68970',
    500: '#bc5839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5839;
$custom-light: #d68970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.198,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57866,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5839

secondary

#88B9C9

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5839

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

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