#BC5741#BC5741

#BC5741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.135 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5741
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 39.05, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 50.54, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1127 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.135 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1036, 17.8925, 7.1316)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5741 #41A6BC

analogous

#BC4168 #BC5741 #BC9541

triadic

#BC5741 #41BC57 #5741BC

tetradic

#BC5741 #68BC41 #41A6BC #9541BC

square

#BC5741 #68BC41 #41A6BC #9541BC

split-complementary

#BC5741 #41BC95 #4168BC

monochromatic

#612D22 #8F4231 #BC5741 #CD7F6E #DCA79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC5741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5741

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5741	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)

#71683F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.135 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68976',
    500: '#bc5741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5741;
$custom-light: #d68976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.732,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5741

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5741

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

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