#BC5241#BC5241

#BC5241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5241
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 41.54, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 51.78, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1204 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.141 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7128, 17.1107, 7.0013)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5241 #41ABBC

analogous

#BC416D #BC5241 #BC9041

triadic

#BC5241 #41BC52 #5241BC

tetradic

#BC5241 #6DBC41 #41ABBC #9041BC

square

#BC5241 #6DBC41 #41ABBC #9041BC

split-complementary

#BC5241 #41BC90 #416DBC

monochromatic

#612A22 #8F3E31 #BC5241 #CD7B6E #DCA49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC5241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC5241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5241

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5241	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)

#6E653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68676',
    500: '#bc5241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5241;
$custom-light: #d68676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57096,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5241

secondary

#90C1C9

accent

#C5D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5241

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

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