#BC4A52#BC4A52

#BC4A52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A52
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 82)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 46.55, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 50.43, 22.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1391 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.147 19)
XYZ	xyz(24.7130, 16.2012, 9.8068)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A52 #4ABCB4

analogous

#BC4A8B #BC4A52 #BC7B4A

triadic

#BC4A52 #52BC4A #4A52BC

tetradic

#BC4A52 #8BBC4A #4ABCB4 #7B4ABC

square

#BC4A52 #8BBC4A #4ABCB4 #7B4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A52 #4ABC7B #4A8BBC

monochromatic

#66262A #93363D #BC4A52 #CD777D #DDA3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A52

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A52	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68182',
    500: '#bc4a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a52;
$custom-light: #d68182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56314,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.16198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A52

secondary

#98CAC7

accent

#D6CC52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A52

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

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