#BC5140#BC5140

#BC5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5140
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 41.97, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 52.32, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1216 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.142 31)
XYZ	xyz(24.6092, 16.9495, 6.8252)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5140 #40ABBC

analogous

#BC406D #BC5140 #BC8F40

triadic

#BC5140 #40BC51 #5140BC

tetradic

#BC5140 #6DBC40 #40ABBC #8F40BC

square

#BC5140 #6DBC40 #40ABBC #8F40BC

split-complementary

#BC5140 #40BC8F #406DBC

monochromatic

#612A21 #8E3D30 #BC5140 #CD796C #DDA39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5140

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5140	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68575',
    500: '#bc5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5140;
$custom-light: #d68575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5140

secondary

#8FC1C9

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5140

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

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