#BC393C#BC393C

#BC393C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC393C
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 60)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 52.37, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 59.70, 28.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1535 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.167 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0202, 13.9472, 5.7540)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC393C #39BCB9

analogous

#BC397D #BC393C #BC7739

triadic

#BC393C #3CBC39 #393CBC

tetradic

#BC393C #7DBC39 #39BCB9 #7739BC

square

#BC393C #7DBC39 #39BCB9 #7739BC

split-complementary

#BC393C #39BC77 #397DBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1E #8D2B2D #BC393C #D06365 #DE9293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC393C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC393C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC393C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC393C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC393C	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc393c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87872',
    500: '#bc393c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc393c;
$custom-light: #d87872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc393c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.626,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC393C

secondary

#88C9C7

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC393C

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

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