#BC383E#BC383E

#BC383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC383E
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 52.87, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 59.51, 27.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1555 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.168 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0252, 13.8709, 6.0214)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC383E #38BCB6

analogous

#BC3880 #BC383E #BC7438

triadic

#BC383E #3EBC38 #383EBC

tetradic

#BC383E #80BC38 #38BCB6 #7438BC

square

#BC383E #80BC38 #38BCB6 #7438BC

split-complementary

#BC383E #38BC74 #3880BC

monochromatic

#5E1C1F #8D2A2E #BC383E #D06166 #DE9094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC383E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC383E	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87773',
    500: '#bc383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc383e;
$custom-light: #d87773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53809,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC383E

secondary

#87C9C6

accent

#DDD74A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC383E

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

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