#BC473F#BC473F

#BC473F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.153 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC473F
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 46.62, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 55.24, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.1359 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.153 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8919, 15.5600, 6.4469)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC473F #3FB4BC

analogous

#BC3F76 #BC473F #BC863F

triadic

#BC473F #3FBC47 #473FBC

tetradic

#BC473F #76BC3F #3FB4BC #863FBC

square

#BC473F #76BC3F #3FB4BC #863FBC

split-complementary

#BC473F #3FBC86 #3F76BC

monochromatic

#602420 #8E3630 #BC473F #CD716B #DD9D99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BC473F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC473F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC473F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC473F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC473F	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)

#665E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc473f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.153 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f74',
    500: '#bc473f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc473f;
$custom-light: #d77f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc473f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.84,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55571,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC473F

secondary

#8EC5C9

accent

#D0D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC473F

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

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