#BC5852#BC5852

#BC5852 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5852
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 82)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 39.76, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 45.85, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1178 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.13 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7538, 18.2830, 10.1537)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5852 #52B6BC

analogous

#BC5281 #BC5852 #BC8D52

triadic

#BC5852 #52BC58 #5852BC

tetradic

#BC5852 #81BC52 #52B6BC #8D52BC

square

#BC5852 #81BC52 #52B6BC #8D52BC

split-complementary

#BC5852 #52BC8D #5281BC

monochromatic

#6A2D29 #97403A #BC5852 #CD837E #DEADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5852

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5852	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a82',
    500: '#bc5852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5852;
$custom-light: #d58a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58276,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5852

secondary

#9EC9CC

accent

#CDD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5852

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

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