#BC5E42#BC5E42

#BC5E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.128 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E42
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 35.52, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 48.65, 43.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.102 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.128 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7273, 19.0931, 7.4837)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E42 #42A0BC

analogous

#BC4263 #BC5E42 #BC9B42

triadic

#BC5E42 #42BC5E #5E42BC

tetradic

#BC5E42 #63BC42 #42A0BC #9B42BC

square

#BC5E42 #63BC42 #42A0BC #9B42BC

split-complementary

#BC5E42 #42BC9B #4263BC

monochromatic

#613122 #8F4732 #BC5E42 #CC846F #DCAB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BC5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BC5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E42

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E42	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.128 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d77',
    500: '#bc5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e42;
$custom-light: #d68d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58922,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E42

secondary

#91BCC9

accent

#B9D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E42

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

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