#BC5940#BC5940

#BC5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.134 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5940
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 37.98, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 50.38, 41.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1092 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.134 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2391, 18.2093, 7.0351)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5940 #40A3BC

analogous

#BC4065 #BC5940 #BC9740

triadic

#BC5940 #40BC59 #5940BC

tetradic

#BC5940 #65BC40 #40A3BC #9740BC

square

#BC5940 #65BC40 #40A3BC #9740BC

split-complementary

#BC5940 #40BC97 #4065BC

monochromatic

#612E21 #8E4330 #BC5940 #CD806C #DDA79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BC5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5940

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5940	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.134 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a75',
    500: '#bc5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5940;
$custom-light: #d68a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58116,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5940

secondary

#8FBDC9

accent

#BDD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5940

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

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