#BC525F#BC525F

#BC525F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC525F
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 95)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 43.87, 13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 46.02, 17.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1323 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.137 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8238, 17.5552, 12.8528)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC525F #52BCAF

analogous

#BC5294 #BC525F #BC7A52

triadic

#BC525F #5FBC52 #525FBC

tetradic

#BC525F #94BC52 #52BCAF #7A52BC

square

#BC525F #94BC52 #52BCAF #7A52BC

split-complementary

#BC525F #52BC7A #5294BC

monochromatic

#6A2931 #973A46 #BC525F #CD7E88 #DEAAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC525F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC525F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC525F

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC525F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC525F	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)

#69675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc525f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868c',
    500: '#bc525f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc525f;
$custom-light: #d5868c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc525f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.642,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57693,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC525F

secondary

#9ECCC6

accent

#D4C454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC525F

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

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