#BC593B#BC593B

#BC593B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.135 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC593B
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 59)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 37.68, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 51.99, 43.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1074 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.135 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1032, 18.1550, 6.3191)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC593B #3B9EBC

analogous

#BC3B5E #BC593B #BC993B

triadic

#BC593B #3BBC59 #593BBC

tetradic

#BC593B #5EBC3B #3B9EBC #993BBC

square

#BC593B #5EBC3B #3B9EBC #993BBC

split-complementary

#BC593B #3BBC99 #3B5EBC

monochromatic

#5F2D1E #8D432C #BC593B #CF7E65 #DDA594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC593B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC593B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC593B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC593B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC593B	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)

#736938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc593b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.135 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a72',
    500: '#bc593b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc593b;
$custom-light: #d68a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc593b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.953,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58045,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC593B

secondary

#8ABAC9

accent

#BADC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC593B

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

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