#BC5547#BC5547

#BC5547 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.136 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5547
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 71)
HSL	hsl(7, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 40.45, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 49.35, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1181 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.136 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1271, 17.6464, 8.0429)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5547 #47AEBC

analogous

#BC4773 #BC5547 #BC8F47

triadic

#BC5547 #47BC55 #5547BC

tetradic

#BC5547 #73BC47 #47AEBC #8F47BC

square

#BC5547 #73BC47 #47AEBC #8F47BC

split-complementary

#BC5547 #47BC8F #4773BC

monochromatic

#642C24 #914035 #BC5547 #CC7E74 #DDA8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC5547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC5547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5547

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5547	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.136 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6887a',
    500: '#bc5547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5547;
$custom-light: #d6887a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.179,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57629,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5547

secondary

#95C3C9

accent

#C6D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5547

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

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