#BC5044#BC5044

#BC5044 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5044
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 68)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 42.71, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 51.49, 33.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1246 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.142 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6534, 16.8492, 7.4217)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5044 #44B0BC

analogous

#BC4474 #BC5044 #BC8C44

triadic

#BC5044 #44BC50 #5044BC

tetradic

#BC5044 #74BC44 #44B0BC #8C44BC

square

#BC5044 #74BC44 #44B0BC #8C44BC

split-complementary

#BC5044 #44BC8C #4474BC

monochromatic

#622A23 #8F3D33 #BC5044 #CC7A71 #DCA49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5044 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5044

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5044	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)

#6C6442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68578',
    500: '#bc5044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5044;
$custom-light: #d68578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56861,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5044

secondary

#93C3C9

accent

#C9D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5044

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

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