#BC393B#BC393B

#BC393B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC393B
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 52.32, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 59.94, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1531 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 24)
XYZ	xyz(22.9940, 13.9367, 5.6161)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC393B #39BCBA

analogous

#BC397C #BC393B #BC7839

triadic

#BC393B #3BBC39 #393BBC

tetradic

#BC393B #7CBC39 #39BCBA #7839BC

square

#BC393B #7CBC39 #39BCBA #7839BC

split-complementary

#BC393B #39BC78 #397CBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1E #8D2B2C #BC393B #D06364 #DE9293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC393B

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC393B	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87871',
    500: '#bc393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc393b;
$custom-light: #d87871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53865,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.13933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC393B

secondary

#88C9C8

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC393B

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

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