#BC524D#BC524D

#BC524D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC524D
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 42.36, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 48.76, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1251 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.138 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0981, 17.2649, 9.0305)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC524D #4DB7BC

analogous

#BC4D80 #BC524D #BC8A4D

triadic

#BC524D #4DBC52 #524DBC

tetradic

#BC524D #80BC4D #4DB7BC #8A4DBC

square

#BC524D #80BC4D #4DB7BC #8A4DBC

split-complementary

#BC524D #4DBC8A #4D80BC

monochromatic

#682A27 #943C38 #BC524D #CD7D79 #DDA8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC524D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC524D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC524D	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)

#6C654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6867f',
    500: '#bc524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc524d;
$custom-light: #d6867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57304,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC524D

secondary

#9AC9CB

accent

#CFD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC524D

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

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