#BC5B45#BC5B45

#BC5B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.130 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B45
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 37.27, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 48.39, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1079 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.13 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5565, 18.6062, 7.8746)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B45 #45A6BC

analogous

#BC456B #BC5B45 #BC9645

triadic

#BC5B45 #45BC5B #5B45BC

tetradic

#BC5B45 #6BBC45 #45A6BC #9645BC

square

#BC5B45 #6BBC45 #45A6BC #9645BC

split-complementary

#BC5B45 #45BC96 #456BBC

monochromatic

#632F24 #904534 #BC5B45 #CC8372 #DCAA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B45

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B45	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)

#746B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.130 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c79',
    500: '#bc5b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b45;
$custom-light: #d68c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.092,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B45

secondary

#94BFC9

accent

#BED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B45

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

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