#BC393E#BC393E

#BC393E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC393E
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 52.48, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 59.25, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1542 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.167 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0741, 13.9688, 6.0377)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC393E #39BCB7

analogous

#BC397F #BC393E #BC7539

triadic

#BC393E #3EBC39 #393EBC

tetradic

#BC393E #7FBC39 #39BCB7 #7539BC

square

#BC393E #7FBC39 #39BCB7 #7539BC

split-complementary

#BC393E #39BC75 #397FBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1F #8D2B2F #BC393E #D06367 #DE9294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC393E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC393E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC393E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC393E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC393E	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)

#5D573D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE113C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc393e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87873',
    500: '#bc393e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc393e;
$custom-light: #d87873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc393e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.71,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53915,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC393E

secondary

#88C9C6

accent

#DDD74B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC393E

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

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