#BC5E46#BC5E46

#BC5E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.127 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E46
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 35.79, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 47.38, 40.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1035 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.127 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8494, 19.1419, 8.1267)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E46 #46A4BC

analogous

#BC4669 #BC5E46 #BC9946

triadic

#BC5E46 #46BC5E #5E46BC

tetradic

#BC5E46 #69BC46 #46A4BC #9946BC

square

#BC5E46 #69BC46 #46A4BC #9946BC

split-complementary

#BC5E46 #46BC99 #4669BC

monochromatic

#643124 #904734 #BC5E46 #CC8573 #DDACA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E46

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E46	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)

#766D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.127 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7a',
    500: '#bc5e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e46;
$custom-light: #d58d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E46

secondary

#95BEC9

accent

#BBD651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E46

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

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