#BC5848#BC5848

#BC5848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5848
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 39.01, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 48.28, 36.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1138 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.133 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4007, 18.1417, 8.2937)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5848 #48ACBC

analogous

#BC4872 #BC5848 #BC9248

triadic

#BC5848 #48BC58 #5848BC

tetradic

#BC5848 #72BC48 #48ACBC #9248BC

square

#BC5848 #72BC48 #48ACBC #9248BC

split-complementary

#BC5848 #48BC92 #4872BC

monochromatic

#652E25 #924235 #BC5848 #CC8175 #DDAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5848

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5848	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a7b',
    500: '#bc5848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5848;
$custom-light: #d68a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58092,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5848

secondary

#96C3CA

accent

#C4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5848

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

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