#BC5253#BC5253

#BC5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5253
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 42.83, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 47.58, 25.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1275 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.137 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3198, 17.3535, 10.1981)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5253 #52BCBB

analogous

#BC5288 #BC5253 #BC8652

triadic

#BC5253 #53BC52 #5253BC

tetradic

#BC5253 #88BC52 #52BCBB #8652BC

square

#BC5253 #88BC52 #52BCBB #8652BC

split-complementary

#BC5253 #52BC86 #5288BC

monochromatic

#6A292A #973A3B #BC5253 #CD7E7F #DEAAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC5253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5253

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5253	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58683',
    500: '#bc5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5253;
$custom-light: #d58683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.434,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5253

secondary

#9ECCCB

accent

#D4D354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5253

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

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