#BC5C43#BC5C43

#BC5C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.130 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C43
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 36.63, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 48.77, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.1056 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.13 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5815, 18.7539, 7.5818)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C43 #43A3BC

analogous

#BC4366 #BC5C43 #BC9943

triadic

#BC5C43 #43BC5C #5C43BC

tetradic

#BC5C43 #66BC43 #43A3BC #9943BC

square

#BC5C43 #66BC43 #43A3BC #9943BC

split-complementary

#BC5C43 #43BC99 #4366BC

monochromatic

#623023 #8F4633 #BC5C43 #CC8370 #DCAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC5C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C43

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C43	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)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.130 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c78',
    500: '#bc5c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c43;
$custom-light: #d68c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58623,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C43

secondary

#92BDC9

accent

#BBD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C43

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

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