#BC5B3B#BC5B3B

#BC5B3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.134 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B3B
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 59)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 36.65, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 51.57, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1042 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.134 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2719, 18.4924, 6.3754)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B3B #3B9CBC

analogous

#BC3B5B #BC5B3B #BC9B3B

triadic

#BC5B3B #3BBC5B #5B3BBC

tetradic

#BC5B3B #5BBC3B #3B9CBC #9B3BBC

square

#BC5B3B #5BBC3B #3B9CBC #9B3BBC

split-complementary

#BC5B3B #3BBC9B #3B5BBC

monochromatic

#5F2E1E #8D442C #BC5B3B #CF8065 #DDA694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B3B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B3B	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.134 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b72',
    500: '#bc5b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b3b;
$custom-light: #d68b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.884,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58353,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B3B

secondary

#8AB9C9

accent

#B8DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B3B

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

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