#BC5B48#BC5B48

#BC5B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B48
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 72)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 37.48, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 47.51, 37.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1091 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.129 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6520, 18.6444, 8.3775)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B48 #48A9BC

analogous

#BC486F #BC5B48 #BC9548

triadic

#BC5B48 #48BC5B #5B48BC

tetradic

#BC5B48 #6FBC48 #48A9BC #9548BC

square

#BC5B48 #6FBC48 #48A9BC #9548BC

split-complementary

#BC5B48 #48BC95 #486FBC

monochromatic

#652F25 #924435 #BC5B48 #CC8375 #DDABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B48

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B48	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c7b',
    500: '#bc5b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b48;
$custom-light: #d58c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B48

secondary

#96C1CA

accent

#C0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B48

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

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