#BC5246#BC5246

#BC5246 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.139 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5246
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 70)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 41.87, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 50.43, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1224 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.139 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8641, 17.1713, 7.7982)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5246 #46B0BC

analogous

#BC4675 #BC5246 #BC8D46

triadic

#BC5246 #46BC52 #5246BC

tetradic

#BC5246 #75BC46 #46B0BC #8D46BC

square

#BC5246 #75BC46 #46B0BC #8D46BC

split-complementary

#BC5246 #46BC8D #4675BC

monochromatic

#642B24 #903E34 #BC5246 #CC7C73 #DDA6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5246 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5246

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5246	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.139 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68679',
    500: '#bc5246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5246;
$custom-light: #d68679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57178,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5246

secondary

#95C4C9

accent

#C9D651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5246

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

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