#BC5749#BC5749

#BC5749 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5749
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 39.59, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 48.28, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1158 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.133 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3520, 17.9918, 8.4398)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5749 #49AEBC

analogous

#BC4974 #BC5749 #BC9049

triadic

#BC5749 #49BC57 #5749BC

tetradic

#BC5749 #74BC49 #49AEBC #9049BC

square

#BC5749 #74BC49 #49AEBC #9049BC

split-complementary

#BC5749 #49BC90 #4974BC

monochromatic

#652D25 #924136 #BC5749 #CC8076 #DDAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC5749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC5749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5749

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5749	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6897c',
    500: '#bc5749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5749;
$custom-light: #d6897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57959,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5749

secondary

#97C4CA

accent

#C6D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5749

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

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