#BC5040#BC5040

#BC5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5040
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 42.46, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 52.58, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1231 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.143 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5354, 16.8020, 6.8006)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5040 #40ACBC

analogous

#BC406E #BC5040 #BC8E40

triadic

#BC5040 #40BC50 #5040BC

tetradic

#BC5040 #6EBC40 #40ACBC #8E40BC

square

#BC5040 #6EBC40 #40ACBC #8E40BC

split-complementary

#BC5040 #40BC8E #406EBC

monochromatic

#612921 #8E3D30 #BC5040 #CD796C #DDA29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5040

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5040	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68575',
    500: '#bc5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5040;
$custom-light: #d68575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56797,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5040

secondary

#8FC1C9

accent

#C7D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5040

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

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