#BC5152#BC5152

#BC5152 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.139 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5152
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 43.24, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 48.09, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1286 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.139 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2066, 17.1885, 9.9713)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5152 #51BCBB

analogous

#BC5188 #BC5152 #BC8551

triadic

#BC5152 #52BC51 #5152BC

tetradic

#BC5152 #88BC51 #51BCBB #8551BC

square

#BC5152 #88BC51 #51BCBB #8551BC

split-complementary

#BC5152 #51BC85 #5188BC

monochromatic

#6A2929 #963A3B #BC5152 #CD7D7E #DEA9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC5152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC5152 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5152

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5152	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.139 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58582',
    500: '#bc5152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5152;
$custom-light: #d58582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.439,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57262,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5152

secondary

#9DCCCB

accent

#D4D354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5152

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

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