#BC423F#BC423F

#BC423F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.158 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC423F
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 48.84, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 56.60, 30.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1429 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.158 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5869, 14.9500, 6.3453)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC423F #3FB9BC

analogous

#BC3F7B #BC423F #BC813F

triadic

#BC423F #3FBC42 #423FBC

tetradic

#BC423F #7BBC3F #3FB9BC #813FBC

square

#BC423F #7BBC3F #3FB9BC #813FBC

split-complementary

#BC423F #3FBC81 #3F7BBC

monochromatic

#602220 #8E3230 #BC423F #CD6D6B #DD9A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC423F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC423F	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.158 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77d74',
    500: '#bc423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc423f;
$custom-light: #d77d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.44,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54951,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC423F

secondary

#8EC7C9

accent

#D6D94E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC423F

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

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