#BC5E4E#BC5E4E

#BC5E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.125 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E4E
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 36.37, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 45.08, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1066 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.125 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1190, 19.2498, 9.5463)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E4E #4EACBC

analogous

#BC4E75 #BC5E4E #BC954E

triadic

#BC5E4E #4EBC5E #5E4EBC

tetradic

#BC5E4E #75BC4E #4EACBC #954EBC

square

#BC5E4E #75BC4E #4EACBC #954EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E4E #4EBC95 #4E75BC

monochromatic

#683127 #954638 #BC5E4E #CD867A #DEAFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC5E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E4E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E4E	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)

#756D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.125 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e80',
    500: '#bc5e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e4e;
$custom-light: #d58e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E4E

secondary

#9BC4CB

accent

#C2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E4E

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

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