#BC403A#BC403A

#BC403A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC403A
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 58)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 49.42, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 58.38, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1437 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.161 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3386, 14.6670, 5.6042)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC403A #3AB6BC

analogous

#BC3A75 #BC403A #BC813A

triadic

#BC403A #3ABC40 #403ABC

tetradic

#BC403A #75BC3A #3AB6BC #813ABC

square

#BC403A #75BC3A #3AB6BC #813ABC

split-complementary

#BC403A #3ABC81 #3A75BC

monochromatic

#5E201D #8D302C #BC403A #CF6964 #DE9693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BC403A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC403A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC403A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC403A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC403A	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc403a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b70',
    500: '#bc403a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc403a;
$custom-light: #d87b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc403a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC403A

secondary

#89C6C9

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC403A

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

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