#BC453F#BC453F

#BC453F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.155 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC453F
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 63)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 47.52, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 55.78, 31.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1388 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.155 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7667, 15.3097, 6.4052)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC453F #3FB6BC

analogous

#BC3F78 #BC453F #BC843F

triadic

#BC453F #3FBC45 #453FBC

tetradic

#BC453F #78BC3F #3FB6BC #843FBC

square

#BC453F #78BC3F #3FB6BC #843FBC

split-complementary

#BC453F #3FBC84 #3F78BC

monochromatic

#602320 #8E3430 #BC453F #CD706B #DD9C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC453F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC453F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC453F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC453F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC453F	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)

#655D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc453f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.155 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e74',
    500: '#bc453f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc453f;
$custom-light: #d77e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc453f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.88,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55319,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC453F

secondary

#8EC6C9

accent

#D3D94E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC453F

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

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