#BC5948#BC5948

#BC5948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.131 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5948
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 38.50, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 48.02, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1122 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.131 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4833, 18.3070, 8.3213)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5948 #48ABBC

analogous

#BC4871 #BC5948 #BC9348

triadic

#BC5948 #48BC59 #5948BC

tetradic

#BC5948 #71BC48 #48ABBC #9348BC

square

#BC5948 #71BC48 #48ABBC #9348BC

split-complementary

#BC5948 #48BC93 #4871BC

monochromatic

#652E25 #924335 #BC5948 #CC8275 #DDAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5948

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5948	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)

#726946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.131 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a7b',
    500: '#bc5948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5948;
$custom-light: #d68a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.793,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5948

secondary

#96C2CA

accent

#C3D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5948

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

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