#BC5849#BC5849

#BC5849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.132 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5849
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 39.08, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 48.01, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1142 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.132 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4335, 18.1549, 8.4669)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5849 #49ADBC

analogous

#BC4973 #BC5849 #BC9149

triadic

#BC5849 #49BC58 #5849BC

tetradic

#BC5849 #73BC49 #49ADBC #9149BC

square

#BC5849 #73BC49 #49ADBC #9149BC

split-complementary

#BC5849 #49BC91 #4973BC

monochromatic

#652E25 #924236 #BC5849 #CC8176 #DDAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5849

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5849	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)

#716947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.132 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a7c',
    500: '#bc5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5849;
$custom-light: #d68a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58109,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5849

secondary

#97C3CA

accent

#C5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5849

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

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