#BC5A4E#BC5A4E

#BC5A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(7, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 38.43, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 46.17, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.113 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.129 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7725, 18.5567, 9.4308)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A4E #4EB0BC

analogous

#BC4E79 #BC5A4E #BC914E

triadic

#BC5A4E #4EBC5A #5A4EBC

tetradic

#BC5A4E #79BC4E #4EB0BC #914EBC

square

#BC5A4E #79BC4E #4EB0BC #914EBC

split-complementary

#BC5A4E #4EBC91 #4E79BC

monochromatic

#682E27 #954238 #BC5A4E #CD837A #DEADA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC5A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC5A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A4E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A4E	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7f',
    500: '#bc5a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a4e;
$custom-light: #d58b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58501,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A4E

secondary

#9BC6CB

accent

#C7D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A4E

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

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