#BC5E45#BC5E45

#BC5E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.127 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E45
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 35.72, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 47.69, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1031 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.127 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8181, 19.1294, 7.9618)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E45 #45A3BC

analogous

#BC4567 #BC5E45 #BC9945

triadic

#BC5E45 #45BC5E #5E45BC

tetradic

#BC5E45 #67BC45 #45A3BC #9945BC

square

#BC5E45 #67BC45 #45A3BC #9945BC

split-complementary

#BC5E45 #45BC99 #4567BC

monochromatic

#633124 #904734 #BC5E45 #CC8572 #DCAC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E45

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E45	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.127 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d79',
    500: '#bc5e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e45;
$custom-light: #d68d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.605,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58968,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E45

secondary

#94BEC9

accent

#BBD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E45

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

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