#BC5939#BC5939

#BC5939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.136 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5939
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 37.57, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 52.65, 44.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1067 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.136 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0523, 18.1346, 6.0512)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5939 #399CBC

analogous

#BC395B #BC5939 #BC9A39

triadic

#BC5939 #39BC59 #5939BC

tetradic

#BC5939 #5BBC39 #399CBC #9A39BC

square

#BC5939 #5BBC39 #399CBC #9A39BC

split-complementary

#BC5939 #39BC9A #395BBC

monochromatic

#5E2D1D #8D432B #BC5939 #D07D63 #DEA492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5939

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5939	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.136 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a70',
    500: '#bc5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5939;
$custom-light: #d68a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.656,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58018,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5939

secondary

#88B9C9

accent

#B9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5939

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

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