#BC6252#BC6252

#BC6252 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.119 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6252
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 82)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 34.59, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 42.96, 36.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1017 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.119 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6317, 20.0388, 10.4464)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6252 #52ACBC

analogous

#BC5277 #BC6252 #BC9752

triadic

#BC6252 #52BC62 #6252BC

tetradic

#BC6252 #77BC52 #52ACBC #9752BC

square

#BC6252 #77BC52 #52ACBC #9752BC

split-complementary

#BC6252 #52BC97 #5277BC

monochromatic

#6A3329 #97483A #BC6252 #CD8A7E #DEB2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC6252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BC6252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6252

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6252	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC535E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.119 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59082',
    500: '#bc6252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6252;
$custom-light: #d59082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.057,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59829,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6252

secondary

#9EC5CC

accent

#C1D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6252

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

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