#BC5052#BC5052

#BC5052 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5052
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 43.72, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 48.42, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1301 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.14 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1328, 17.0410, 9.9467)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5052 #50BCBA

analogous

#BC5088 #BC5052 #BC8450

triadic

#BC5052 #52BC50 #5052BC

tetradic

#BC5052 #88BC50 #50BCBA #8450BC

square

#BC5052 #88BC50 #50BCBA #8450BC

split-complementary

#BC5052 #50BC84 #5088BC

monochromatic

#69282A #96393B #BC5052 #CD7C7E #DEA9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC5052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC5052 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5052

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5052	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58582',
    500: '#bc5052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5052;
$custom-light: #d58582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5052

secondary

#9CCBCA

accent

#D4D253

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5052

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

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