#BC5041#BC5041

#BC5041 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5041
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 42.52, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 52.30, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1235 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.143 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5641, 16.8135, 6.9518)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5041 #41ADBC

analogous

#BC4170 #BC5041 #BC8E41

triadic

#BC5041 #41BC50 #5041BC

tetradic

#BC5041 #70BC41 #41ADBC #8E41BC

square

#BC5041 #70BC41 #41ADBC #8E41BC

split-complementary

#BC5041 #41BC8E #4170BC

monochromatic

#612922 #8F3D31 #BC5041 #CD796E #DCA39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC5041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5041

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5041	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68576',
    500: '#bc5041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5041;
$custom-light: #d68576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56812,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5041

secondary

#90C2C9

accent

#C8D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5041

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

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