#BC5D53#BC5D53

#BC5D53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.124 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D53
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 37.29, 23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 44.11, 32.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1102 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.124 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2168, 19.1475, 10.4971)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D53 #53B2BC

analogous

#BC537D #BC5D53 #BC9153

triadic

#BC5D53 #53BC5D #5D53BC

tetradic

#BC5D53 #7DBC53 #53B2BC #9153BC

square

#BC5D53 #7DBC53 #53B2BC #9153BC

split-complementary

#BC5D53 #53BC91 #537DBC

monochromatic

#6B302A #97443B #BC5D53 #CD867F #DEB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D53

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D53	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.124 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d83',
    500: '#bc5d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d53;
$custom-light: #d58d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59057,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D53

secondary

#9FC8CC

accent

#C8D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D53

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

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