#BC403B#BC403B

#BC403B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC403B
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 59)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 49.47, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 58.12, 31.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.1441 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.161 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3643, 14.6772, 5.7395)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC403B #3BB7BC

analogous

#BC3B76 #BC403B #BC803B

triadic

#BC403B #3BBC40 #403BBC

tetradic

#BC403B #76BC3B #3BB7BC #803BBC

square

#BC403B #76BC3B #3BB7BC #803BBC

split-complementary

#BC403B #3BBC80 #3B76BC

monochromatic

#5F201E #8D302C #BC403B #CF6965 #DD9794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BC403B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC403B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC403B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC403B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC403B	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)

#625A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc403b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b71',
    500: '#bc403b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc403b;
$custom-light: #d87b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc403b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.326,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54649,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC403B

secondary

#8AC6C9

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC403B

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

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