#BC5A42#BC5A42

#BC5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.132 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A42
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 37.59, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 49.53, 40.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1084 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.132 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3808, 18.4001, 7.3682)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A42 #42A4BC

analogous

#BC4267 #BC5A42 #BC9742

triadic

#BC5A42 #42BC5A #5A42BC

tetradic

#BC5A42 #67BC42 #42A4BC #9742BC

square

#BC5A42 #67BC42 #42A4BC #9742BC

split-complementary

#BC5A42 #42BC97 #4267BC

monochromatic

#612F22 #8F4432 #BC5A42 #CC816F #DCA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A42	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.132 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b77',
    500: '#bc5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a42;
$custom-light: #d68b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58299,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A42

secondary

#91BEC9

accent

#BDD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A42

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

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