#BC483A#BC483A

#BC483A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.153 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC483A
RGBrgb(188, 72, 58)
HSLhsl(6, 53%, 48%)
HSVhsv(6, 69%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.49, 45.89, 32.64)
CIE-LCHlch(46.49, 56.31, 35.43°)
OKLaboklab(55.62% 0.1327 0.0754)
OKLCHoklch(55.62% 0.153 29.6)
XYZxyz(23.8225, 15.6348, 5.7655)
Luminance0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC483A #3AAEBC
analogous
#BC3A6D #BC483A #BC893A
triadic
#BC483A #3ABC48 #483ABC
tetradic
#BC483A #6DBC3A #3AAEBC #893ABC
square
#BC483A #6DBC3A #3AAEBC #893ABC
split-complementary
#BC483A #3ABC89 #3A6DBC
monochromatic
#5E241D #8D362C #BC483A #CF7064 #DE9B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#BC483A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13
#BC483A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC483A
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC483A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC483A1.005.094.135.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#675E38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#847837
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE2E45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc483a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.153 29.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78070',
    500: '#bc483a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc483a;
$custom-light: #d78070;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc483a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.462,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55624,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC483A
secondary
#89C2C9
accent
#CDDC4C
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC483A

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#BC483A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva