#BC5552#BC5552

#BC5552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.134 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5552
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 41.27, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 46.79, 28.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1225 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.134 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5126, 17.8006, 10.0733)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5552 #52B9BC

analogous

#BC5284 #BC5552 #BC8A52

triadic

#BC5552 #52BC55 #5552BC

tetradic

#BC5552 #84BC52 #52B9BC #8A52BC

square

#BC5552 #84BC52 #52B9BC #8A52BC

split-complementary

#BC5552 #52BC8A #5284BC

monochromatic

#6A2B29 #973D3A #BC5552 #CD807E #DEACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5552

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5552	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.134 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58882',
    500: '#bc5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5552;
$custom-light: #d58882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.698,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5552

secondary

#9ECBCC

accent

#D0D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5552

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

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