#BC5C40#BC5C40

#BC5C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.131 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C40
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 36.43, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 49.72, 42.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1044 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.131 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4939, 18.7189, 7.1201)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C40 #40A0BC

analogous

#BC4062 #BC5C40 #BC9A40

triadic

#BC5C40 #40BC5C #5C40BC

tetradic

#BC5C40 #62BC40 #40A0BC #9A40BC

square

#BC5C40 #62BC40 #40A0BC #9A40BC

split-complementary

#BC5C40 #40BC9A #4062BC

monochromatic

#612F21 #8E4630 #BC5C40 #CD826C #DDA99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C40

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C40	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.131 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c75',
    500: '#bc5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c40;
$custom-light: #d68c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58578,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C40

secondary

#8FBCC9

accent

#BAD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C40

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

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