#BC5841#BC5841

#BC5841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5841
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 38.55, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 50.30, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1111 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.134 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1852, 18.0555, 7.1588)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5841 #41A5BC

analogous

#BC4167 #BC5841 #BC9641

triadic

#BC5841 #41BC58 #5841BC

tetradic

#BC5841 #67BC41 #41A5BC #9641BC

square

#BC5841 #67BC41 #41A5BC #9641BC

split-complementary

#BC5841 #41BC96 #4167BC

monochromatic

#612D22 #8F4331 #BC5841 #CD7F6E #DCA79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC5841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5841

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5841	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	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)

#72683F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a76',
    500: '#bc5841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5841;
$custom-light: #d68a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.22,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57979,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5841

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#BFD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5841

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

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