#BC403F#BC403F

#BC403F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC403F
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 63)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 49.69, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 57.14, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1456 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.16 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4720, 14.7203, 6.3070)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC403F #3FBBBC

analogous

#BC3F7D #BC403F #BC7F3F

triadic

#BC403F #3FBC40 #403FBC

tetradic

#BC403F #7DBC3F #3FBBBC #7F3FBC

square

#BC403F #7DBC3F #3FBBBC #7F3FBC

split-complementary

#BC403F #3FBC7F #3F7DBC

monochromatic

#602120 #8E3030 #BC403F #CD6C6B #DD9999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC403F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC403F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC403F

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC403F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC403F	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)

#615A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc403f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b74',
    500: '#bc403f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc403f;
$custom-light: #d77b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc403f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.48,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54713,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC403F

secondary

#8EC8C9

accent

#D8D94E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC403F

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

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