#BC393F#BC393F

#BC393F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC393F
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 63)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 52.54, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 59.03, 27.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1546 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.167 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1018, 13.9798, 6.1836)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC393F #39BCB6

analogous

#BC3980 #BC393F #BC7439

triadic

#BC393F #3FBC39 #393FBC

tetradic

#BC393F #80BC39 #39BCB6 #7439BC

square

#BC393F #80BC39 #39BCB6 #7439BC

split-complementary

#BC393F #39BC74 #3980BC

monochromatic

#5E1D20 #8D2B2F #BC393F #D06368 #DE9295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC393F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC393F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC393F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC393F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC393F	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE123C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc393f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87874',
    500: '#bc393f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc393f;
$custom-light: #d87874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc393f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53932,
    "c": 0.16713,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC393F

secondary

#88C9C6

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC393F

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

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