#BC5E53#BC5E53

#BC5E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.123 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E53
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 36.77, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 43.82, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1086 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.123 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3051, 19.3242, 10.5266)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E53 #53B1BC

analogous

#BC537C #BC5E53 #BC9253

triadic

#BC5E53 #53BC5E #5E53BC

tetradic

#BC5E53 #7CBC53 #53B1BC #9253BC

square

#BC5E53 #7CBC53 #53B1BC #9253BC

split-complementary

#BC5E53 #53BC92 #537CBC

monochromatic

#6B302A #97443B #BC5E53 #CD877F #DEB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BC5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E53

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E53	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.123 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e83',
    500: '#bc5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e53;
$custom-light: #d58e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59213,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E53

secondary

#9FC7CC

accent

#C6D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →