#BC5C44#BC5C44

#BC5C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.130 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C44
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 68)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 36.69, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 48.46, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1059 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.13 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6118, 18.7660, 7.7412)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C44 #44A4BC

analogous

#BC4468 #BC5C44 #BC9844

triadic

#BC5C44 #44BC5C #5C44BC

tetradic

#BC5C44 #68BC44 #44A4BC #9844BC

square

#BC5C44 #68BC44 #44A4BC #9844BC

split-complementary

#BC5C44 #44BC98 #4468BC

monochromatic

#623023 #8F4633 #BC5C44 #CC8371 #DCAB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC5C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C44

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C44	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)

#756B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.130 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c78',
    500: '#bc5c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c44;
$custom-light: #d68c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58639,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C44

secondary

#93BEC9

accent

#BCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C44

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

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