#BC5D48#BC5D48

#BC5D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.127 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D48
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 72)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 36.45, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 47.02, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1059 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.127 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8253, 18.9909, 8.4353)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D48 #48A7BC

analogous

#BC486D #BC5D48 #BC9748

triadic

#BC5D48 #48BC5D #5D48BC

tetradic

#BC5D48 #6DBC48 #48A7BC #9748BC

square

#BC5D48 #6DBC48 #48A7BC #9748BC

split-complementary

#BC5D48 #48BC97 #486DBC

monochromatic

#653025 #924635 #BC5D48 #CC8575 #DDACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC5D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D48

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D48	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.127 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7b',
    500: '#bc5d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d48;
$custom-light: #d58d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.862,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58859,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D48

secondary

#96C0CA

accent

#BED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D48

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

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