#BC5844#BC5844

#BC5844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5844
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 68)
HSL	hsl(10, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 38.74, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 49.41, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1123 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.134 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2744, 18.0912, 7.6287)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5844 #44A8BC

analogous

#BC446C #BC5844 #BC9444

triadic

#BC5844 #44BC58 #5844BC

tetradic

#BC5844 #6CBC44 #44A8BC #9444BC

square

#BC5844 #6CBC44 #44A8BC #9444BC

split-complementary

#BC5844 #44BC94 #446CBC

monochromatic

#622E23 #8F4333 #BC5844 #CC8071 #DCA89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5844

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5844	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)

#726942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a78',
    500: '#bc5844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5844;
$custom-light: #d68a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58026,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5844

secondary

#93C0C9

accent

#C1D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5844

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

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