#BC4952#BC4952

#BC4952 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4952
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 82)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 47.01, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 50.76, 22.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1405 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.148 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6467, 16.0688, 9.7847)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4952 #49BCB3

analogous

#BC498B #BC4952 #BC7949

triadic

#BC4952 #52BC49 #4952BC

tetradic

#BC4952 #8BBC49 #49BCB3 #7949BC

square

#BC4952 #8BBC49 #49BCB3 #7949BC

split-complementary

#BC4952 #49BC79 #498BBC

monochromatic

#65252A #92363D #BC4952 #CC767D #DDA2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC4952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4952

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4952	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68182',
    500: '#bc4952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4952;
$custom-light: #d68182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56184,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4952

secondary

#97CAC6

accent

#D6CC52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4952

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

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