#BC473C#BC473C

#BC473C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.153 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC473C
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 46.45, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 56.02, 33.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1348 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.153 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8103, 15.5273, 6.0174)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC473C #3CB1BC

analogous

#BC3C71 #BC473C #BC873C

triadic

#BC473C #3CBC47 #473CBC

tetradic

#BC473C #71BC3C #3CB1BC #873CBC

square

#BC473C #71BC3C #3CB1BC #873CBC

split-complementary

#BC473C #3CBC87 #3C71BC

monochromatic

#5F241E #8E352D #BC473C #CE7067 #DD9B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#BC473C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BC473C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC473C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC473C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC473C	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc473c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.153 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f72',
    500: '#bc473c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc473c;
$custom-light: #d77f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc473c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55525,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC473C

secondary

#8BC3C9

accent

#CFDB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC473C

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

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