#BC5A45#BC5A45

#BC5A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.131 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A45
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 37.79, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 48.62, 39.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1095 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.131 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4716, 18.4364, 7.8463)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A45 #45A7BC

analogous

#BC456B #BC5A45 #BC9545

triadic

#BC5A45 #45BC5A #5A45BC

tetradic

#BC5A45 #6BBC45 #45A7BC #9545BC

square

#BC5A45 #6BBC45 #45A7BC #9545BC

split-complementary

#BC5A45 #45BC95 #456BBC

monochromatic

#632F24 #904434 #BC5A45 #CC8272 #DCAA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A45

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A45	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.131 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b79',
    500: '#bc5a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a45;
$custom-light: #d68b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A45

secondary

#94C0C9

accent

#BFD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A45

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

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