#BC393A#BC393A

#BC393A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC393A
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 58)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 52.27, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 60.18, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1527 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.168 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9684, 13.9265, 5.4808)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC393A #39BCBB

analogous

#BC397B #BC393A #BC7939

triadic

#BC393A #3ABC39 #393ABC

tetradic

#BC393A #7BBC39 #39BCBB #7939BC

square

#BC393A #7BBC39 #39BCBB #7939BC

split-complementary

#BC393A #39BC79 #397BBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1D #8D2B2C #BC393A #D06363 #DE9292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC393A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC393A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC393A

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC393A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC393A	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc393a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87870',
    500: '#bc393a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc393a;
$custom-light: #d87870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc393a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5385,
    "c": 0.16765,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC393A

secondary

#88C9C8

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC393A

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

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