#BC4B52#BC4B52

#BC4B52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B52
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 82)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 46.09, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 50.09, 23.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1376 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.146 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7802, 16.3358, 9.8292)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B52 #4BBCB5

analogous

#BC4B8B #BC4B52 #BC7D4B

triadic

#BC4B52 #52BC4B #4B52BC

tetradic

#BC4B52 #8BBC4B #4BBCB5 #7D4BBC

square

#BC4B52 #8BBC4B #4BBCB5 #7D4BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B52 #4BBC7D #4B8BBC

monochromatic

#66262A #93373C #BC4B52 #CD787D #DDA4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B52

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B52	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68282',
    500: '#bc4b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b52;
$custom-light: #d68282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.283,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56445,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B52

secondary

#99CAC7

accent

#D5CD52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B52

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

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