#BC5642#BC5642

#BC5642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.136 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5642
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 39.62, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 50.49, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1146 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.136 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0525, 17.7434, 7.2587)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5642 #42A8BC

analogous

#BC426B #BC5642 #BC9342

triadic

#BC5642 #42BC56 #5642BC

tetradic

#BC5642 #6BBC42 #42A8BC #9342BC

square

#BC5642 #6BBC42 #42A8BC #9342BC

split-complementary

#BC5642 #42BC93 #426BBC

monochromatic

#612D22 #8F4132 #BC5642 #CC7E6F #DCA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BC5642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5642

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5642	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.136 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68877',
    500: '#bc5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5642;
$custom-light: #d68877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57695,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5642

secondary

#91BFC9

accent

#C1D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5642

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

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