#BC525E#BC525E

#BC525E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC525E
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 43.78, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 46.10, 18.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1319 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.137 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7786, 17.5371, 12.6150)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC525E #52BCB0

analogous

#BC5293 #BC525E #BC7B52

triadic

#BC525E #5EBC52 #525EBC

tetradic

#BC525E #93BC52 #52BCB0 #7B52BC

square

#BC525E #93BC52 #52BCB0 #7B52BC

split-complementary

#BC525E #52BC7B #5293BC

monochromatic

#6A2931 #973A45 #BC525E #CD7E87 #DEAAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC525E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC525E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC525E	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868b',
    500: '#bc525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc525e;
$custom-light: #d5868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57669,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC525E

secondary

#9ECCC7

accent

#D4C554

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC525E

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

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