#BC5947#BC5947

#BC5947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.132 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5947
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 71)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 38.43, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 48.30, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1118 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.132 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4510, 18.2941, 8.1509)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5947 #47AABC

analogous

#BC476F #BC5947 #BC9347

triadic

#BC5947 #47BC59 #5947BC

tetradic

#BC5947 #6FBC47 #47AABC #9347BC

square

#BC5947 #6FBC47 #47AABC #9347BC

split-complementary

#BC5947 #47BC93 #476FBC

monochromatic

#642E24 #914335 #BC5947 #CC8174 #DDAAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5947

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5947	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.132 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a7a',
    500: '#bc5947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5947;
$custom-light: #d68a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58226,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5947

secondary

#95C1C9

accent

#C2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5947

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

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