#BC5449#BC5449

#BC5449 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5449
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 41.09, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 49.11, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1204 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.137 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1142, 17.5161, 8.3605)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5449 #49B1BC

analogous

#BC4977 #BC5449 #BC8D49

triadic

#BC5449 #49BC54 #5449BC

tetradic

#BC5449 #77BC49 #49B1BC #8D49BC

square

#BC5449 #77BC49 #49B1BC #8D49BC

split-complementary

#BC5449 #49BC8D #4977BC

monochromatic

#652B25 #923F36 #BC5449 #CC7E76 #DDA8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC5449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC5449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5449

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5449	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6877c',
    500: '#bc5449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5449;
$custom-light: #d6877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57518,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5449

secondary

#97C5CA

accent

#C9D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5449

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

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