#BC473E#BC473E

#BC473E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.153 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC473E
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 46.57, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 55.49, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1356 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.153 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8642, 15.5489, 6.3011)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC473E #3EB3BC

analogous

#BC3E74 #BC473E #BC863E

triadic

#BC473E #3EBC47 #473EBC

tetradic

#BC473E #74BC3E #3EB3BC #863EBC

square

#BC473E #74BC3E #3EB3BC #863EBC

split-complementary

#BC473E #3EBC86 #3E74BC

monochromatic

#602420 #8E362F #BC473E #CE716A #DD9C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BC473E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC473E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC473E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC473E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC473E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc473e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.153 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f73',
    500: '#bc473e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc473e;
$custom-light: #d77f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc473e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55556,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC473E

secondary

#8DC4C9

accent

#D0DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC473E

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

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