#BC5258#BC5258

#BC5258 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5258
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 88)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 43.25, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 46.79, 22.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1295 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.137 19)
XYZ	xyz(25.5198, 17.4336, 11.2517)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5258 #52BCB6

analogous

#BC528D #BC5258 #BC8152

triadic

#BC5258 #58BC52 #5258BC

tetradic

#BC5258 #8DBC52 #52BCB6 #8152BC

square

#BC5258 #8DBC52 #52BCB6 #8152BC

split-complementary

#BC5258 #52BC81 #528DBC

monochromatic

#6A292D #973A40 #BC5258 #CD7E83 #DEAAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5258 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5258

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5258	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58687',
    500: '#bc5258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5258;
$custom-light: #d58687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57531,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.17431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5258

secondary

#9ECCC9

accent

#D4CD54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5258

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

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