#BC5F51#BC5F51

#BC5F51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.123 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F51
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 36.09, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 44.03, 34.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1062 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.123 30)
XYZ	xyz(26.3185, 19.4728, 10.1556)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F51 #51AEBC

analogous

#BC5179 #BC5F51 #BC9451

triadic

#BC5F51 #51BC5F #5F51BC

tetradic

#BC5F51 #79BC51 #51AEBC #9451BC

square

#BC5F51 #79BC51 #51AEBC #9451BC

split-complementary

#BC5F51 #51BC94 #5179BC

monochromatic

#6A3129 #96463A #BC5F51 #CD887D #DEB0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC5F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC5F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F51

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F51	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.123 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e82',
    500: '#bc5f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f51;
$custom-light: #d58e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.85,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.1947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F51

secondary

#9DC6CC

accent

#C3D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F51

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

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