#BC5C52#BC5C52

#BC5C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.126 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C52
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 82)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 37.72, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 44.64, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1114 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.126 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0912, 18.9578, 10.2662)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C52 #52B2BC

analogous

#BC527D #BC5C52 #BC9152

triadic

#BC5C52 #52BC5C #5C52BC

tetradic

#BC5C52 #7DBC52 #52B2BC #9152BC

square

#BC5C52 #7DBC52 #52B2BC #9152BC

split-complementary

#BC5C52 #52BC91 #527DBC

monochromatic

#6A2F29 #97433A #BC5C52 #CD867E #DEAFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C52

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C52	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.126 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c82',
    500: '#bc5c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c52;
$custom-light: #d58c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58883,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C52

secondary

#9EC7CC

accent

#C8D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C52

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

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