#BC4E52#BC4E52

#BC4E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E52
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 44.68, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 49.08, 24.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1332 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.142 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9885, 16.7524, 9.8987)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E52 #4EBCB8

analogous

#BC4E89 #BC4E52 #BC814E

triadic

#BC4E52 #52BC4E #4E52BC

tetradic

#BC4E52 #89BC4E #4EBCB8 #814EBC

square

#BC4E52 #89BC4E #4EBCB8 #814EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E52 #4EBC81 #4E89BC

monochromatic

#68272A #95383C #BC4E52 #CD7A7D #DEA7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC4E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E52

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E52	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68482',
    500: '#bc4e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e52;
$custom-light: #d68482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56847,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E52

secondary

#9BCBC9

accent

#D5D053

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E52

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

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