#BC5941#BC5941

#BC5941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5941
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 65)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 38.04, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 50.07, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1096 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.133 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2678, 18.2208, 7.1864)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5941 #41A4BC

analogous

#BC4167 #BC5941 #BC9741

triadic

#BC5941 #41BC59 #5941BC

tetradic

#BC5941 #67BC41 #41A4BC #9741BC

square

#BC5941 #67BC41 #41A4BC #9741BC

split-complementary

#BC5941 #41BC97 #4167BC

monochromatic

#612E22 #8F4331 #BC5941 #CD806E #DCA89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BC5941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5941

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5941	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)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a76',
    500: '#bc5941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5941;
$custom-light: #d68a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5941

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#BED850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5941

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

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