#BC5F48#BC5F48

#BC5F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F48
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 72)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 35.41, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 46.55, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1026 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.125 35)
XYZ	xyz(26.0031, 19.3466, 8.4945)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F48 #48A5BC

analogous

#BC486B #BC5F48 #BC9948

triadic

#BC5F48 #48BC5F #5F48BC

tetradic

#BC5F48 #6BBC48 #48A5BC #9948BC

square

#BC5F48 #6BBC48 #48A5BC #9948BC

split-complementary

#BC5F48 #48BC99 #486BBC

monochromatic

#653225 #924835 #BC5F48 #CC8675 #DDADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC5F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC5F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F48

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F48	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e7b',
    500: '#bc5f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f48;
$custom-light: #d58e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.897,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59174,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.19344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F48

secondary

#96BFCA

accent

#BCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F48

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

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