#BC5D45#BC5D45

#BC5D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.128 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D45
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 36.24, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 47.92, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1047 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.128 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7298, 18.9527, 7.9323)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D45 #45A4BC

analogous

#BC4568 #BC5D45 #BC9945

triadic

#BC5D45 #45BC5D #5D45BC

tetradic

#BC5D45 #68BC45 #45A4BC #9945BC

square

#BC5D45 #68BC45 #45A4BC #9945BC

split-complementary

#BC5D45 #45BC99 #4568BC

monochromatic

#633024 #904634 #BC5D45 #CC8472 #DCAB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D45

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D45	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.128 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d79',
    500: '#bc5d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d45;
$custom-light: #d68d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.101,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D45

secondary

#94BEC9

accent

#BCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D45

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

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