#BC5853#BC5853

#BC5853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5853
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 39.85, 22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 45.64, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1182 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.13 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7922, 18.2983, 10.3556)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5853 #53B7BC

analogous

#BC5382 #BC5853 #BC8C53

triadic

#BC5853 #53BC58 #5853BC

tetradic

#BC5853 #82BC53 #53B7BC #8C53BC

square

#BC5853 #82BC53 #53B7BC #8C53BC

split-complementary

#BC5853 #53BC8C #5382BC

monochromatic

#6B2D2A #973F3B #BC5853 #CD837F #DEAEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5853

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5853	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a83',
    500: '#bc5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5853;
$custom-light: #d58a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58296,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5853

secondary

#9FCACC

accent

#CED454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5853

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

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