#BC5045#BC5045

#BC5045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5045
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 42.78, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 51.24, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.125 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.142 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6841, 16.8615, 7.5838)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5045 #45B1BC

analogous

#BC4575 #BC5045 #BC8B45

triadic

#BC5045 #45BC50 #5045BC

tetradic

#BC5045 #75BC45 #45B1BC #8B45BC

square

#BC5045 #75BC45 #45B1BC #8B45BC

split-complementary

#BC5045 #45BC8B #4575BC

monochromatic

#632924 #903C34 #BC5045 #CC7A72 #DCA59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5045

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5045	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68579',
    500: '#bc5045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5045;
$custom-light: #d68579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.546,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5045

secondary

#94C4C9

accent

#CAD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5045

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

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