#BC5042#BC5042

#BC5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5042
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 42.58, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 52.03, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1239 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.142 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5934, 16.8252, 7.1057)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5042 #42AEBC

analogous

#BC4271 #BC5042 #BC8D42

triadic

#BC5042 #42BC50 #5042BC

tetradic

#BC5042 #71BC42 #42AEBC #8D42BC

square

#BC5042 #71BC42 #42AEBC #8D42BC

split-complementary

#BC5042 #42BC8D #4271BC

monochromatic

#612922 #8F3D32 #BC5042 #CC7A6F #DCA39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC5042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5042

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5042	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)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68576',
    500: '#bc5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5042;
$custom-light: #d68576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5042

secondary

#91C2C9

accent

#C8D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5042

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

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