#BC5043#BC5043

#BC5043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5043
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 42.65, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 51.76, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1242 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.142 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6231, 16.8371, 7.2623)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5043 #43AFBC

analogous

#BC4373 #BC5043 #BC8C43

triadic

#BC5043 #43BC50 #5043BC

tetradic

#BC5043 #73BC43 #43AFBC #8C43BC

square

#BC5043 #73BC43 #43AFBC #8C43BC

split-complementary

#BC5043 #43BC8C #4373BC

monochromatic

#622A23 #8F3D33 #BC5043 #CC7A70 #DCA49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5043

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5043	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68577',
    500: '#bc5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5043;
$custom-light: #d68577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.446,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56845,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5043

secondary

#92C3C9

accent

#C9D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5043

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

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