#BC5840#BC5840

#BC5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.135 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5840
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 38.49, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 50.61, 40.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1108 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.135 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1565, 18.0441, 7.0076)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5840 #40A4BC

analogous

#BC4066 #BC5840 #BC9640

triadic

#BC5840 #40BC58 #5840BC

tetradic

#BC5840 #66BC40 #40A4BC #9640BC

square

#BC5840 #66BC40 #40A4BC #9640BC

split-complementary

#BC5840 #40BC96 #4066BC

monochromatic

#612D21 #8E4330 #BC5840 #CD7F6C #DDA79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5840

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5840	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.135 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a75',
    500: '#bc5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5840;
$custom-light: #d68a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57964,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5840

secondary

#8FBDC9

accent

#BED94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5840

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

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