#BC453D#BC453D

#BC453D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.155 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC453D
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 61)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 47.41, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 56.29, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.138 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.155 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7119, 15.2878, 6.1162)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC453D #3DB4BC

analogous

#BC3D75 #BC453D #BC853D

triadic

#BC453D #3DBC45 #453DBC

tetradic

#BC453D #75BC3D #3DB4BC #853DBC

square

#BC453D #75BC3D #3DB4BC #853DBC

split-complementary

#BC453D #3DBC85 #3D75BC

monochromatic

#60231F #8E342E #BC453D #CE6F68 #DD9B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BC453D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC453D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC453D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC453D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC453D	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc453d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.155 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e73',
    500: '#bc453d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc453d;
$custom-light: #d77e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc453d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55287,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC453D

secondary

#8CC5C9

accent

#D2DA4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC453D

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

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