#BC5342#BC5342

#BC5342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.139 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5342
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 41.12, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 51.24, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1193 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.139 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8180, 17.2743, 7.1806)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5342 #42ABBC

analogous

#BC426E #BC5342 #BC9042

triadic

#BC5342 #42BC53 #5342BC

tetradic

#BC5342 #6EBC42 #42ABBC #9042BC

square

#BC5342 #6EBC42 #42ABBC #9042BC

split-complementary

#BC5342 #42BC90 #426EBC

monochromatic

#612B22 #8F3F32 #BC5342 #CC7C6F #DCA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC5342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5342

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5342	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.139 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68677',
    500: '#bc5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5342;
$custom-light: #d68677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.361,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5342

secondary

#91C1C9

accent

#C5D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5342

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

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