#BC403C#BC403C

#BC403C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC403C
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 49.52, 29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 57.87, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1445 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.16 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3905, 14.6877, 5.8774)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC403C #3CB8BC

analogous

#BC3C78 #BC403C #BC803C

triadic

#BC403C #3CBC40 #403CBC

tetradic

#BC403C #78BC3C #3CB8BC #803CBC

square

#BC403C #78BC3C #3CB8BC #803CBC

split-complementary

#BC403C #3CBC80 #3C78BC

monochromatic

#5F201E #8E302D #BC403C #CE6A67 #DD9795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC403C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC403C	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b72',
    500: '#bc403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc403c;
$custom-light: #d77b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54665,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC403C

secondary

#8BC7C9

accent

#D7DB4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC403C

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

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