#BC6042#BC6042

#BC6042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.126 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6042
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 34.48, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 48.24, 44.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0988 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.126 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9075, 19.4534, 7.5438)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6042 #429EBC

analogous

#BC4261 #BC6042 #BC9D42

triadic

#BC6042 #42BC60 #6042BC

tetradic

#BC6042 #61BC42 #429EBC #9D42BC

square

#BC6042 #61BC42 #429EBC #9D42BC

split-complementary

#BC6042 #42BC9D #4261BC

monochromatic

#613222 #8F4932 #BC6042 #CC866F #DCAC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6042

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6042	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)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.126 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f77',
    500: '#bc6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6042;
$custom-light: #d68f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5924,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6042

secondary

#91BBC9

accent

#B6D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6042

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

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