#BC5C42#BC5C42

#BC5C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.130 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C42
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 36.56, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 49.08, 41.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1052 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.13 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5518, 18.7420, 7.4252)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C42 #42A2BC

analogous

#BC4265 #BC5C42 #BC9942

triadic

#BC5C42 #42BC5C #5C42BC

tetradic

#BC5C42 #65BC42 #42A2BC #9942BC

square

#BC5C42 #65BC42 #42A2BC #9942BC

split-complementary

#BC5C42 #42BC99 #4265BC

monochromatic

#613022 #8F4632 #BC5C42 #CC836F #DCAA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C42

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C42	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.130 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c77',
    500: '#bc5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c42;
$custom-light: #d68c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.787,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58608,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C42

secondary

#91BDC9

accent

#BBD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C42

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

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