#BC524B#BC524B

#BC524B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC524B
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 42.22, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 49.21, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1243 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.138 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0285, 17.2370, 8.6643)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC524B #4BB5BC

analogous

#BC4B7D #BC524B #BC8B4B

triadic

#BC524B #4BBC52 #524BBC

tetradic

#BC524B #7DBC4B #4BB5BC #8B4BBC

square

#BC524B #7DBC4B #4BB5BC #8B4BBC

split-complementary

#BC524B #4BBC8B #4B7DBC

monochromatic

#662A26 #933C37 #BC524B #CD7D78 #DDA8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC524B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC524B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC524B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6867d',
    500: '#bc524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc524b;
$custom-light: #d6867d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57267,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC524B

secondary

#99C7CA

accent

#CDD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC524B

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

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