#BC5745#BC5745

#BC5745 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.134 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5745
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 39.31, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 49.37, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1142 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.134 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2236, 17.9405, 7.7636)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5745 #45AABC

analogous

#BC456E #BC5745 #BC9345

triadic

#BC5745 #45BC57 #5745BC

tetradic

#BC5745 #6EBC45 #45AABC #9345BC

square

#BC5745 #6EBC45 #45AABC #9345BC

split-complementary

#BC5745 #45BC93 #456EBC

monochromatic

#632D24 #904234 #BC5745 #CC8072 #DCA89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5745

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5745	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.134 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68979',
    500: '#bc5745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5745;
$custom-light: #d68979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5745

secondary

#94C1C9

accent

#C2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5745

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

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