#BC5742#BC5742

#BC5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.135 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5742
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 39.12, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 50.24, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1131 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.135 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1329, 17.9042, 7.2855)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5742 #42A7BC

analogous

#BC426A #BC5742 #BC9442

triadic

#BC5742 #42BC57 #5742BC

tetradic

#BC5742 #6ABC42 #42A7BC #9442BC

square

#BC5742 #6ABC42 #42A7BC #9442BC

split-complementary

#BC5742 #42BC94 #426ABC

monochromatic

#612D22 #8F4232 #BC5742 #CC7F6F #DCA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5742

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5742	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.135 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68977',
    500: '#bc5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5742;
$custom-light: #d68977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.328,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57844,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5742

secondary

#91BFC9

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5742

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

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