#BC453A#BC453A

#BC453A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.156 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC453A
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 58)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 47.24, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 57.08, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1369 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.156 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6333, 15.2564, 5.7025)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC453A #3AB1BC

analogous

#BC3A70 #BC453A #BC863A

triadic

#BC453A #3ABC45 #453ABC

tetradic

#BC453A #70BC3A #3AB1BC #863ABC

square

#BC453A #70BC3A #3AB1BC #863ABC

split-complementary

#BC453A #3ABC86 #3A70BC

monochromatic

#5E231D #8D342C #BC453A #CF6D64 #DE9993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BC453A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#BC453A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC453A

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC453A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC453A	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc453a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.156 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e70',
    500: '#bc453a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc453a;
$custom-light: #d77e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc453a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55241,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC453A

secondary

#89C3C9

accent

#D0DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC453A

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

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