#BC524F#BC524F

#BC524F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC524F
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 79)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 42.52, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 48.34, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1259 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.138 24)
XYZ	xyz(25.1698, 17.2935, 9.4082)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC524F #4FB9BC

analogous

#BC4F83 #BC524F #BC884F

triadic

#BC524F #4FBC52 #524FBC

tetradic

#BC524F #83BC4F #4FB9BC #884FBC

square

#BC524F #83BC4F #4FB9BC #884FBC

split-complementary

#BC524F #4FBC88 #4F83BC

monochromatic

#692A28 #953B39 #BC524F #CD7E7B #DEA9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC524F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC524F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC524F

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC524F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC524F	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)

#6C664E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc524f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68680',
    500: '#bc524f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc524f;
$custom-light: #d68680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc524f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.651,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57343,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.1729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC524F

secondary

#9CCACB

accent

#D1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC524F

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

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