#BC5143#BC5143

#BC5143 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5143
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 42.16, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 51.49, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1227 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.141 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6969, 16.9846, 7.2869)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5143 #43AEBC

analogous

#BC4372 #BC5143 #BC8D43

triadic

#BC5143 #43BC51 #5143BC

tetradic

#BC5143 #72BC43 #43AEBC #8D43BC

square

#BC5143 #72BC43 #43AEBC #8D43BC

split-complementary

#BC5143 #43BC8D #4372BC

monochromatic

#622A23 #8F3E33 #BC5143 #CC7B70 #DCA59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC5143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC5143 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5143

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5143	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68577',
    500: '#bc5143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5143;
$custom-light: #d68577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.942,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56986,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5143

secondary

#92C2C9

accent

#C8D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5143

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

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