#BC5A49#BC5A49

#BC5A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.130 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A49
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 38.06, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 47.48, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.111 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.13 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6000, 18.4877, 8.5224)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A49 #49ABBC

analogous

#BC4971 #BC5A49 #BC9349

triadic

#BC5A49 #49BC5A #5A49BC

tetradic

#BC5A49 #71BC49 #49ABBC #9349BC

square

#BC5A49 #71BC49 #49ABBC #9349BC

split-complementary

#BC5A49 #49BC93 #4971BC

monochromatic

#652F25 #924336 #BC5A49 #CC8376 #DDABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A49

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A49	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.130 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7c',
    500: '#bc5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a49;
$custom-light: #d58b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58412,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A49

secondary

#97C2CA

accent

#C2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A49

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

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