#BC5843#BC5843

#BC5843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5843
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(10, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 38.67, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 49.70, 38.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1119 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.134 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2441, 18.0791, 7.4694)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5843 #43A7BC

analogous

#BC436B #BC5843 #BC9443

triadic

#BC5843 #43BC58 #5843BC

tetradic

#BC5843 #6BBC43 #43A7BC #9443BC

square

#BC5843 #6BBC43 #43A7BC #9443BC

split-complementary

#BC5843 #43BC94 #436BBC

monochromatic

#622E23 #8F4333 #BC5843 #CC8070 #DCA89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5843

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5843	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a77',
    500: '#bc5843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5843;
$custom-light: #d68a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.413,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5801,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5843

secondary

#92BFC9

accent

#C0D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5843

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

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