#BC5A50#BC5A50

#BC5A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.128 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A50
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 38.59, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 45.69, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1138 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.128 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8453, 18.5859, 9.8142)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A50 #50B2BC

analogous

#BC507C #BC5A50 #BC9050

triadic

#BC5A50 #50BC5A #5A50BC

tetradic

#BC5A50 #7CBC50 #50B2BC #9050BC

square

#BC5A50 #7CBC50 #50B2BC #9050BC

split-complementary

#BC5A50 #50BC90 #507CBC

monochromatic

#692E28 #964239 #BC5A50 #CD847C #DEADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A50

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A50	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.128 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b81',
    500: '#bc5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a50;
$custom-light: #d58b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58538,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A50

secondary

#9CC7CB

accent

#C8D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A50

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

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