#BC5E48#BC5E48

#BC5E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E48
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 35.93, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 46.78, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1043 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.126 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9136, 19.1676, 8.4647)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E48 #48A6BC

analogous

#BC486C #BC5E48 #BC9848

triadic

#BC5E48 #48BC5E #5E48BC

tetradic

#BC5E48 #6CBC48 #48A6BC #9848BC

square

#BC5E48 #6CBC48 #48A6BC #9848BC

split-complementary

#BC5E48 #48BC98 #486CBC

monochromatic

#653125 #924735 #BC5E48 #CC8575 #DDADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E48

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E48	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)

#766D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7b',
    500: '#bc5e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e48;
$custom-light: #d58d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59016,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E48

secondary

#96C0CA

accent

#BDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E48

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

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