#BC443B#BC443B

#BC443B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.156 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC443B
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 47.74, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 57.07, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1387 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.156 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5980, 15.1447, 5.8174)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC443B #3BB3BC

analogous

#BC3B72 #BC443B #BC843B

triadic

#BC443B #3BBC44 #443BBC

tetradic

#BC443B #72BC3B #3BB3BC #843BBC

square

#BC443B #72BC3B #3BB3BC #843BBC

split-complementary

#BC443B #3BBC84 #3B72BC

monochromatic

#5F221E #8D332C #BC443B #CF6D65 #DD9994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BC443B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC443B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC443B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC443B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC443B	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc443b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.156 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e71',
    500: '#bc443b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc443b;
$custom-light: #d77e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc443b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55132,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC443B

secondary

#8AC4C9

accent

#D2DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC443B

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

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