#BC5142#BC5142

#BC5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5142
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 42.10, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 51.76, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1223 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.141 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6671, 16.9727, 7.1303)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5142 #42ADBC

analogous

#BC4270 #BC5142 #BC8E42

triadic

#BC5142 #42BC51 #5142BC

tetradic

#BC5142 #70BC42 #42ADBC #8E42BC

square

#BC5142 #70BC42 #42ADBC #8E42BC

split-complementary

#BC5142 #42BC8E #4270BC

monochromatic

#612A22 #8F3D32 #BC5142 #CC7A6F #DCA49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC5142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5142

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5142	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)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68576',
    500: '#bc5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5142;
$custom-light: #d68576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56969,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5142

secondary

#91C2C9

accent

#C7D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5142

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

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