#BC383A#BC383A

#BC383A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC383A
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 58)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 52.65, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 60.43, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.1539 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.169 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9194, 13.8286, 5.4645)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC383A #38BCBA

analogous

#BC387C #BC383A #BC7838

triadic

#BC383A #3ABC38 #383ABC

tetradic

#BC383A #7CBC38 #38BCBA #7838BC

square

#BC383A #7CBC38 #38BCBA #7838BC

split-complementary

#BC383A #38BC78 #387CBC

monochromatic

#5E1C1D #8D2A2B #BC383A #D06163 #DE9092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC383A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC383A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC383A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC383A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC383A	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc383a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87770',
    500: '#bc383a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc383a;
$custom-light: #d87770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc383a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53744,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC383A

secondary

#87C9C8

accent

#DDDB4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC383A

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

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