#BC5240#BC5240

#BC5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5240
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 41.48, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 52.07, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1201 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.141 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6841, 17.0993, 6.8501)
Luminance	0.1710 (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

#BC5240 #40AABC

analogous

#BC406C #BC5240 #BC9040

triadic

#BC5240 #40BC52 #5240BC

tetradic

#BC5240 #6CBC40 #40AABC #9040BC

square

#BC5240 #6CBC40 #40AABC #9040BC

split-complementary

#BC5240 #40BC90 #406CBC

monochromatic

#612A21 #8E3E30 #BC5240 #CD7A6C #DDA49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5240

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5240	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68675',
    500: '#bc5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5240;
$custom-light: #d68675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57081,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5240

secondary

#8FC0C9

accent

#C5D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5240

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

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