#BC5F49#BC5F49

#BC5F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F49
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 35.48, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 46.24, 39.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.103 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.125 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0360, 19.3598, 8.6677)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F49 #49A6BC

analogous

#BC496C #BC5F49 #BC9849

triadic

#BC5F49 #49BC5F #5F49BC

tetradic

#BC5F49 #6CBC49 #49A6BC #9849BC

square

#BC5F49 #6CBC49 #49A6BC #9849BC

split-complementary

#BC5F49 #49BC98 #496CBC

monochromatic

#653225 #924736 #BC5F49 #CC8676 #DDAEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC5F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC5F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F49

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F49	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)

#776D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e7c',
    500: '#bc5f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f49;
$custom-light: #d58e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59191,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F49

secondary

#97C0CA

accent

#BDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F49

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

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