#BC383F#BC383F

#BC383F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC383F
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 63)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 52.92, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 59.30, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1558 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.168 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.0528, 13.8819, 6.1673)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC383F #38BCB5

analogous

#BC3881 #BC383F #BC7338

triadic

#BC383F #3FBC38 #383FBC

tetradic

#BC383F #81BC38 #38BCB5 #7338BC

square

#BC383F #81BC38 #38BCB5 #7338BC

split-complementary

#BC383F #38BC73 #3881BC

monochromatic

#5E1C1F #8D2A2F #BC383F #D06167 #DE9094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC383F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC383F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC383F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC383F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC383F	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E723B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc383f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87774',
    500: '#bc383f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc383f;
$custom-light: #d87774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc383f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53826,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.13879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC383F

secondary

#87C9C5

accent

#DDD64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC383F

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

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