#BC5E50#BC5E50

#BC5E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.124 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E50
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 36.53, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 44.56, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1074 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.124 30)
XYZ	xyz(26.1918, 19.2789, 9.9297)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E50 #50AEBC

analogous

#BC5078 #BC5E50 #BC9450

triadic

#BC5E50 #50BC5E #5E50BC

tetradic

#BC5E50 #78BC50 #50AEBC #9450BC

square

#BC5E50 #78BC50 #50AEBC #9450BC

split-complementary

#BC5E50 #50BC94 #5078BC

monochromatic

#693128 #964539 #BC5E50 #CD877C #DEAFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E50

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E50	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.124 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e81',
    500: '#bc5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e50;
$custom-light: #d58e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59156,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E50

secondary

#9CC5CB

accent

#C4D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E50

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →