#BC5447#BC5447

#BC5447 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5447
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 71)
HSL	hsl(7, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 40.95, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 49.62, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1197 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.137 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0489, 17.4900, 8.0168)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5447 #47AFBC

analogous

#BC4774 #BC5447 #BC8F47

triadic

#BC5447 #47BC54 #5447BC

tetradic

#BC5447 #74BC47 #47AFBC #8F47BC

square

#BC5447 #74BC47 #47AFBC #8F47BC

split-complementary

#BC5447 #47BC8F #4774BC

monochromatic

#642C24 #913F35 #BC5447 #CC7E74 #DDA7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC5447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC5447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5447

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5447	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877a',
    500: '#bc5447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5447;
$custom-light: #d6877a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57483,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5447

secondary

#95C4C9

accent

#C8D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5447

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

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