#BC383B#BC383B

#BC383B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC383B
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 52.71, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 60.19, 28.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1543 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.169 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9451, 13.8388, 5.5998)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC383B #38BCB9

analogous

#BC387D #BC383B #BC7738

triadic

#BC383B #3BBC38 #383BBC

tetradic

#BC383B #7DBC38 #38BCB9 #7738BC

square

#BC383B #7DBC38 #38BCB9 #7738BC

split-complementary

#BC383B #38BC77 #387DBC

monochromatic

#5E1C1D #8D2A2C #BC383B #D06164 #DE9092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC383B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC383B	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87771',
    500: '#bc383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc383b;
$custom-light: #d87771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5376,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC383B

secondary

#87C9C7

accent

#DDDA4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC383B

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

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