#BC4F52#BC4F52

#BC4F52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F52
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 82)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 44.20, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 48.75, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1317 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.141 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.0601, 16.8956, 9.9225)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F52 #4FBCB9

analogous

#BC4F88 #BC4F52 #BC834F

triadic

#BC4F52 #52BC4F #4F52BC

tetradic

#BC4F52 #88BC4F #4FBCB9 #834FBC

square

#BC4F52 #88BC4F #4FBCB9 #834FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F52 #4FBC83 #4F88BC

monochromatic

#69282A #95393B #BC4F52 #CD7B7E #DEA8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC4F52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F52

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F52	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58482',
    500: '#bc4f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f52;
$custom-light: #d58482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.349,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56984,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.16893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F52

secondary

#9CCBCA

accent

#D5D153

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F52

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

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