#BC5740#BC5740

#BC5740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5740
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 38.99, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 50.84, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1123 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.136 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0749, 17.8810, 6.9804)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5740 #40A5BC

analogous

#BC4067 #BC5740 #BC9540

triadic

#BC5740 #40BC57 #5740BC

tetradic

#BC5740 #67BC40 #40A5BC #9540BC

square

#BC5740 #67BC40 #40A5BC #9540BC

split-complementary

#BC5740 #40BC95 #4067BC

monochromatic

#612D21 #8E4230 #BC5740 #CD7E6C #DDA69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5740

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5740	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68975',
    500: '#bc5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5740;
$custom-light: #d68975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5740

secondary

#8FBEC9

accent

#BFD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5740

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

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