#BC5E52#BC5E52

#BC5E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.123 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E52
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 36.69, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 44.06, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1082 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.123 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2668, 19.3089, 10.3247)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E52 #52B0BC

analogous

#BC527B #BC5E52 #BC9352

triadic

#BC5E52 #52BC5E #5E52BC

tetradic

#BC5E52 #7BBC52 #52B0BC #9352BC

square

#BC5E52 #7BBC52 #52B0BC #9352BC

split-complementary

#BC5E52 #52BC93 #527BBC

monochromatic

#6A3129 #97453A #BC5E52 #CD877E #DEB0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BC5E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC5E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E52

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E52	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.123 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e82',
    500: '#bc5e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e52;
$custom-light: #d58e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E52

secondary

#9EC7CC

accent

#C5D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E52

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

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