#BC5247#BC5247

#BC5247 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.139 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5247
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 71)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 41.94, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 50.17, 33.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1227 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.139 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8959, 17.1840, 7.9658)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5247 #47B1BC

analogous

#BC4776 #BC5247 #BC8C47

triadic

#BC5247 #47BC52 #5247BC

tetradic

#BC5247 #76BC47 #47B1BC #8C47BC

square

#BC5247 #76BC47 #47B1BC #8C47BC

split-complementary

#BC5247 #47BC8C #4776BC

monochromatic

#642A24 #913D35 #BC5247 #CC7C74 #DDA6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC5247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC5247 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5247

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5247	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.139 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6867a',
    500: '#bc5247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5247;
$custom-light: #d6867a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.641,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57195,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5247

secondary

#95C4C9

accent

#CAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5247

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

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