#BC5A48#BC5A48

#BC5A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.130 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A48
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 37.99, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 47.76, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1107 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.13 32)
XYZ	xyz(25.5671, 18.4746, 8.3492)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A48 #48AABC

analogous

#BC4870 #BC5A48 #BC9448

triadic

#BC5A48 #48BC5A #5A48BC

tetradic

#BC5A48 #70BC48 #48AABC #9448BC

square

#BC5A48 #70BC48 #48AABC #9448BC

split-complementary

#BC5A48 #48BC94 #4870BC

monochromatic

#652F25 #924435 #BC5A48 #CC8275 #DDABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A48

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A48	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#736A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.130 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b7b',
    500: '#bc5a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a48;
$custom-light: #d68b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58395,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A48

secondary

#96C2CA

accent

#C2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A48

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

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