#BC473B#BC473B

#BC473B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.153 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC473B
RGBrgb(188, 71, 59)
HSLhsl(6, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(6, 69%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.33, 46.40, 31.88)
CIE-LCHlch(46.33, 56.29, 34.49°)
OKLaboklab(55.51% 0.1344 0.0739)
OKLCHoklch(55.51% 0.153 28.8)
XYZxyz(23.7841, 15.5169, 5.8795)
Luminance0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC473B #3BB0BC
analogous
#BC3B6F #BC473B #BC873B
triadic
#BC473B #3BBC47 #473BBC
tetradic
#BC473B #6FBC3B #3BB0BC #873BBC
square
#BC473B #6FBC3B #3BB0BC #873BBC
split-complementary
#BC473B #3BBC87 #3B6FBC
monochromatic
#5F241E #8D352C #BC473B #CF6F65 #DD9B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12
#BC473B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10
#BC473B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC473B
5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC473B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC473B1.005.124.105.12
#FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00
#0000004.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#665E39
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#847738
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE2C45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc473b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.153 28.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f71',
    500: '#bc473b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc473b;
$custom-light: #d77f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc473b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55509,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC473B
secondary
#8AC3C9
accent
#CEDC4C
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC473B

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#BC473B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva