#BC5047#BC5047

#BC5047 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5047
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 71)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 42.91, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 50.74, 32.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1258 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.141 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7473, 16.8867, 7.9163)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5047 #47B3BC

analogous

#BC4778 #BC5047 #BC8A47

triadic

#BC5047 #47BC50 #5047BC

tetradic

#BC5047 #78BC47 #47B3BC #8A47BC

square

#BC5047 #78BC47 #47B3BC #8A47BC

split-complementary

#BC5047 #47BC8A #4778BC

monochromatic

#642924 #913C35 #BC5047 #CC7B74 #DDA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC5047 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5047

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5047	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857a',
    500: '#bc5047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5047;
$custom-light: #d6857a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56912,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5047

secondary

#95C5C9

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5047

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

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