#BC5E49#BC5E49

#BC5E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E49
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 36.00, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 46.48, 39.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1046 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.126 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9465, 19.1808, 8.6379)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E49 #49A7BC

analogous

#BC496D #BC5E49 #BC9849

triadic

#BC5E49 #49BC5E #5E49BC

tetradic

#BC5E49 #6DBC49 #49A7BC #9849BC

square

#BC5E49 #6DBC49 #49A7BC #9849BC

split-complementary

#BC5E49 #49BC98 #496DBC

monochromatic

#653125 #924736 #BC5E49 #CC8676 #DDADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BC5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BC5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E49

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E49	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e7c',
    500: '#bc5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e49;
$custom-light: #d58e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59033,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E49

secondary

#97C1CA

accent

#BED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E49

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

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