#BC5E4D#BC5E4D

#BC5E4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.125 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E4D
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 77)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 36.29, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 45.35, 36.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1062 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.125 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0834, 19.2355, 9.3590)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E4D #4DABBC

analogous

#BC4D74 #BC5E4D #BC964D

triadic

#BC5E4D #4DBC5E #5E4DBC

tetradic

#BC5E4D #74BC4D #4DABBC #964DBC

square

#BC5E4D #74BC4D #4DABBC #964DBC

split-complementary

#BC5E4D #4DBC96 #4D74BC

monochromatic

#683127 #944638 #BC5E4D #CD8679 #DDAEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC5E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E4D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E4D	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.125 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e7f',
    500: '#bc5e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e4d;
$custom-light: #d58e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.189,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59102,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E4D

secondary

#9AC3CB

accent

#C1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E4D

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

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