#BC5842#BC5842

#BC5842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5842
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 38.61, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 50.00, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1115 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.134 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2144, 18.0672, 7.3127)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5842 #42A6BC

analogous

#BC4269 #BC5842 #BC9542

triadic

#BC5842 #42BC58 #5842BC

tetradic

#BC5842 #69BC42 #42A6BC #9542BC

square

#BC5842 #69BC42 #42A6BC #9542BC

split-complementary

#BC5842 #42BC95 #4269BC

monochromatic

#612E22 #8F4332 #BC5842 #CC806F #DCA89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5842

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5842	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)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a77',
    500: '#bc5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5842;
$custom-light: #d68a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57994,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5842

secondary

#91BFC9

accent

#BFD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5842

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

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