#BC453E#BC453E

#BC453E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.155 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC453E
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 47.46, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 56.03, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1384 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.155 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7391, 15.2987, 6.2594)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC453E #3EB5BC

analogous

#BC3E76 #BC453E #BC843E

triadic

#BC453E #3EBC45 #453EBC

tetradic

#BC453E #76BC3E #3EB5BC #843EBC

square

#BC453E #76BC3E #3EB5BC #843EBC

split-complementary

#BC453E #3EBC84 #3E76BC

monochromatic

#602320 #8E342F #BC453E #CE6F6A #DD9B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC453E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC453E	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.155 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e73',
    500: '#bc453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc453e;
$custom-light: #d77e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55303,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC453E

secondary

#8DC5C9

accent

#D2DA4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC453E

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

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