#BC4D52#BC4D52

#BC4D52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D52
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 82)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 45.15, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 49.42, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1347 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.143 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9180, 16.6114, 9.8751)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D52 #4DBCB7

analogous

#BC4D8A #BC4D52 #BC804D

triadic

#BC4D52 #52BC4D #4D52BC

tetradic

#BC4D52 #8ABC4D #4DBCB7 #804DBC

square

#BC4D52 #8ABC4D #4DBCB7 #804DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D52 #4DBC80 #4D8ABC

monochromatic

#68272A #94383C #BC4D52 #CD797D #DDA6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D52

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D52	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68382',
    500: '#bc4d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d52;
$custom-light: #d68382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D52

secondary

#9ACBC9

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D52

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

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