#BC403E#BC403E

#BC403E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC403E
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 62)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 49.63, 28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 57.38, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1452 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.16 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4443, 14.7093, 6.1612)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC403E #3EBABC

analogous

#BC3E7B #BC403E #BC7F3E

triadic

#BC403E #3EBC40 #403EBC

tetradic

#BC403E #7BBC3E #3EBABC #7F3EBC

square

#BC403E #7BBC3E #3EBABC #7F3EBC

split-complementary

#BC403E #3EBC7F #3E7BBC

monochromatic

#602120 #8E302F #BC403E #CE6B6A #DD9998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC403E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC403E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC403E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC403E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC403E	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)

#615A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc403e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b73',
    500: '#bc403e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc403e;
$custom-light: #d77b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc403e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54697,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC403E

secondary

#8DC8C9

accent

#D8DA4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC403E

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

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