#BC524E#BC524E

#BC524E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC524E
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 42.44, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 48.55, 29.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1255 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.138 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1336, 17.2791, 9.2179)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC524E #4EB8BC

analogous

#BC4E81 #BC524E #BC894E

triadic

#BC524E #4EBC52 #524EBC

tetradic

#BC524E #81BC4E #4EB8BC #894EBC

square

#BC524E #81BC4E #4EB8BC #894EBC

split-complementary

#BC524E #4EBC89 #4E81BC

monochromatic

#682A27 #953C38 #BC524E #CD7D7A #DEA9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC524E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC524E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6867f',
    500: '#bc524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc524e;
$custom-light: #d6867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57323,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC524E

secondary

#9BC9CB

accent

#D0D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC524E

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

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