#BC5F42#BC5F42

#BC5F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.127 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F42
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 35.00, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 48.44, 43.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1004 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.127 38)
XYZ	xyz(25.8168, 19.2721, 7.5135)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F42 #429FBC

analogous

#BC4262 #BC5F42 #BC9C42

triadic

#BC5F42 #42BC5F #5F42BC

tetradic

#BC5F42 #62BC42 #429FBC #9C42BC

square

#BC5F42 #62BC42 #429FBC #9C42BC

split-complementary

#BC5F42 #42BC9C #4262BC

monochromatic

#613122 #8F4832 #BC5F42 #CC856F #DCAB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F42	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)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.127 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e77',
    500: '#bc5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f42;
$custom-light: #d68e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.262,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59081,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.19269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F42

secondary

#91BBC9

accent

#B7D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F42

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

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