#BC5B52#BC5B52

#BC5B52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B52
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 38.24, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 44.93, 31.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.113 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.127 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.0052, 18.7857, 10.2375)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B52 #52B3BC

analogous

#BC527E #BC5B52 #BC9052

triadic

#BC5B52 #52BC5B #5B52BC

tetradic

#BC5B52 #7EBC52 #52B3BC #9052BC

square

#BC5B52 #7EBC52 #52B3BC #9052BC

split-complementary

#BC5B52 #52BC90 #527EBC

monochromatic

#6A2F29 #97423A #BC5B52 #CD857E #DEAFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B52

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B52	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c82',
    500: '#bc5b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b52;
$custom-light: #d58c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.18783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B52

secondary

#9EC8CC

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B52

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

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