#BC5B43#BC5B43

#BC5B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.131 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B43
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 37.14, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 48.99, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1071 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.131 35)
XYZ	xyz(25.4955, 18.5818, 7.5531)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B43 #43A4BC

analogous

#BC4367 #BC5B43 #BC9843

triadic

#BC5B43 #43BC5B #5B43BC

tetradic

#BC5B43 #67BC43 #43A4BC #9843BC

square

#BC5B43 #67BC43 #43A4BC #9843BC

split-complementary

#BC5B43 #43BC98 #4367BC

monochromatic

#622F23 #8F4533 #BC5B43 #CC8270 #DCAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B43

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B43	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.131 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c78',
    500: '#bc5b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b43;
$custom-light: #d68c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.901,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58468,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.18579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B43

secondary

#92BEC9

accent

#BCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B43

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

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