#BC524A#BC524A

#BC524A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.139 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC524A
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 42.14, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 49.44, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1239 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.139 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9946, 17.2235, 8.4855)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC524A #4AB4BC

analogous

#BC4A7B #BC524A #BC8B4A

triadic

#BC524A #4ABC52 #524ABC

tetradic

#BC524A #7BBC4A #4AB4BC #8B4ABC

square

#BC524A #7BBC4A #4AB4BC #8B4ABC

split-complementary

#BC524A #4ABC8B #4A7BBC

monochromatic

#662A26 #933D36 #BC524A #CD7D77 #DDA7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC524A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC524A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC524A	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)

#6C6549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.139 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6867c',
    500: '#bc524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc524a;
$custom-light: #d6867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57248,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC524A

secondary

#98C7CA

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC524A

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

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