#BC383C#BC383C

#BC383C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC383C
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 60)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 52.76, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 59.96, 28.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1547 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.168 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9713, 13.8493, 5.7377)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC383C #38BCB8

analogous

#BC387E #BC383C #BC7638

triadic

#BC383C #3CBC38 #383CBC

tetradic

#BC383C #7EBC38 #38BCB8 #7638BC

square

#BC383C #7EBC38 #38BCB8 #7638BC

split-complementary

#BC383C #38BC76 #387EBC

monochromatic

#5E1C1E #8D2A2D #BC383C #D06165 #DE9093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC383C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC383C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC383C

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC383C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC383C	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)

#5D563B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc383c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87771',
    500: '#bc383c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc383c;
$custom-light: #d87771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc383c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53776,
    "c": 0.1684,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC383C

secondary

#87C9C7

accent

#DDD94A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC383C

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

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