#BC5F52#BC5F52

#BC5F52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.122 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F52
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 82)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 36.17, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 43.78, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1066 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.122 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3563, 19.4879, 10.3546)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F52 #52AFBC

analogous

#BC527A #BC5F52 #BC9452

triadic

#BC5F52 #52BC5F #5F52BC

tetradic

#BC5F52 #7ABC52 #52AFBC #9452BC

square

#BC5F52 #7ABC52 #52AFBC #9452BC

split-complementary

#BC5F52 #52BC94 #527ABC

monochromatic

#6A3129 #97463A #BC5F52 #CD887E #DEB1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BC5F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BC5F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F52

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F52	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.122 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e82',
    500: '#bc5f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f52;
$custom-light: #d58e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.358,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59351,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F52

secondary

#9EC6CC

accent

#C4D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F52

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

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