#BC5B42#BC5B42

#BC5B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.131 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B42
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 37.08, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 49.30, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1068 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.131 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4657, 18.5699, 7.3965)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B42 #42A3BC

analogous

#BC4266 #BC5B42 #BC9842

triadic

#BC5B42 #42BC5B #5B42BC

tetradic

#BC5B42 #66BC42 #42A3BC #9842BC

square

#BC5B42 #66BC42 #42A3BC #9842BC

split-complementary

#BC5B42 #42BC98 #4266BC

monochromatic

#612F22 #8F4532 #BC5B42 #CC826F #DCA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC5B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC5B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B42	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)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.131 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b77',
    500: '#bc5b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b42;
$custom-light: #d68b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.295,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B42

secondary

#91BDC9

accent

#BCD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B42

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

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