#BC5942#BC5942

#BC5942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5942
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 38.10, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 49.76, 40.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1099 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.133 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2970, 18.2325, 7.3403)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5942 #42A5BC

analogous

#BC4268 #BC5942 #BC9642

triadic

#BC5942 #42BC59 #5942BC

tetradic

#BC5942 #68BC42 #42A5BC #9642BC

square

#BC5942 #68BC42 #42A5BC #9642BC

split-complementary

#BC5942 #42BC96 #4268BC

monochromatic

#612E22 #8F4432 #BC5942 #CC806F #DCA89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5942

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5942	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a77',
    500: '#bc5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5942;
$custom-light: #d68a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.311,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58146,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5942

secondary

#91BEC9

accent

#BED850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5942

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

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