#BC5743#BC5743

#BC5743 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.135 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5743
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 67)
HSL	hsl(10, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 39.18, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 49.95, 38.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1135 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.135 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1626, 17.9161, 7.4422)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5743 #43A8BC

analogous

#BC436C #BC5743 #BC9343

triadic

#BC5743 #43BC57 #5743BC

tetradic

#BC5743 #6CBC43 #43A8BC #9343BC

square

#BC5743 #6CBC43 #43A8BC #9343BC

split-complementary

#BC5743 #43BC93 #436CBC

monochromatic

#622D23 #8F4233 #BC5743 #CC7F70 #DCA89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5743 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5743

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5743	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)

#716841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.135 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68977',
    500: '#bc5743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5743;
$custom-light: #d68977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.917,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5786,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5743

secondary

#92C0C9

accent

#C1D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5743

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

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