#BC5542#BC5542

#BC5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5542
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 40.12, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 50.73, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1162 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.137 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9732, 17.5848, 7.2323)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5542 #42A9BC

analogous

#BC426C #BC5542 #BC9242

triadic

#BC5542 #42BC55 #5542BC

tetradic

#BC5542 #6CBC42 #42A9BC #9242BC

square

#BC5542 #6CBC42 #42A9BC #9242BC

split-complementary

#BC5542 #42BC92 #426CBC

monochromatic

#612C22 #8F4132 #BC5542 #CC7D6F #DCA69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5542

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5542	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68877',
    500: '#bc5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5542;
$custom-light: #d68877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57547,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5542

secondary

#91C0C9

accent

#C3D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5542

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

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