#BC5250#BC5250

#BC5250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5250
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 42.59, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 48.14, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1263 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.138 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2064, 17.3082, 9.6013)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5250 #50BABC

analogous

#BC5084 #BC5250 #BC8850

triadic

#BC5250 #50BC52 #5250BC

tetradic

#BC5250 #84BC50 #50BABC #8850BC

square

#BC5250 #84BC50 #50BABC #8850BC

split-complementary

#BC5250 #50BC88 #5084BC

monochromatic

#692A28 #963B39 #BC5250 #CD7E7C #DEAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5250

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5250	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)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58681',
    500: '#bc5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5250;
$custom-light: #d58681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57363,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5250

secondary

#9CCACB

accent

#D2D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5250

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

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