#BC5A47#BC5A47

#BC5A47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.131 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A47
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 71)
HSL	hsl(10, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 37.92, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 48.04, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1103 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.131 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5347, 18.4616, 8.1788)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A47 #47A9BC

analogous

#BC476E #BC5A47 #BC9547

triadic

#BC5A47 #47BC5A #5A47BC

tetradic

#BC5A47 #6EBC47 #47A9BC #9547BC

square

#BC5A47 #6EBC47 #47A9BC #9547BC

split-complementary

#BC5A47 #47BC95 #476EBC

monochromatic

#642F24 #914435 #BC5A47 #CC8274 #DDAAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A47

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A47	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)

#736A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.131 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b7a',
    500: '#bc5a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a47;
$custom-light: #d68b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.744,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58378,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A47

secondary

#95C1C9

accent

#C1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A47

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

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