#BC5952#BC5952

#BC5952 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5952
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 82)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 39.26, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 45.54, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1162 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.129 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8365, 18.4483, 10.1813)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5952 #52B5BC

analogous

#BC5280 #BC5952 #BC8E52

triadic

#BC5952 #52BC59 #5952BC

tetradic

#BC5952 #80BC52 #52B5BC #8E52BC

square

#BC5952 #80BC52 #52B5BC #8E52BC

split-complementary

#BC5952 #52BC8E #5280BC

monochromatic

#6A2E29 #97403A #BC5952 #CD837E #DEAEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5952

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5952	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a82',
    500: '#bc5952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5952;
$custom-light: #d58a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.962,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5952

secondary

#9EC9CC

accent

#CBD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5952

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

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