#BC5442#BC5442

#BC5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5442
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 40.62, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 50.99, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1177 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.138 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8950, 17.4285, 7.2063)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5442 #42AABC

analogous

#BC426D #BC5442 #BC9142

triadic

#BC5442 #42BC54 #5442BC

tetradic

#BC5442 #6DBC42 #42AABC #9142BC

square

#BC5442 #6DBC42 #42AABC #9142BC

split-complementary

#BC5442 #42BC91 #426DBC

monochromatic

#612C22 #8F4032 #BC5442 #CC7D6F #DCA69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC5442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5442

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5442	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68777',
    500: '#bc5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5442;
$custom-light: #d68777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57401,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5442

secondary

#91C0C9

accent

#C4D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5442

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

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