#BC5541#BC5541

#BC5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5541
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(10, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 40.06, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 51.03, 38.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1158 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.138 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9440, 17.5731, 7.0784)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5541 #41A8BC

analogous

#BC416B #BC5541 #BC9341

triadic

#BC5541 #41BC55 #5541BC

tetradic

#BC5541 #6BBC41 #41A8BC #9341BC

square

#BC5541 #6BBC41 #41A8BC #9341BC

split-complementary

#BC5541 #41BC93 #416BBC

monochromatic

#612C22 #8F4031 #BC5541 #CD7D6E #DCA69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5541

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5541	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68876',
    500: '#bc5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5541;
$custom-light: #d68876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.756,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57532,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5541

secondary

#90BFC9

accent

#C2D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5541

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

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