#BC483B#BC483B

#BC483B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.152 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC483B
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 45.94, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 56.04, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.133 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.152 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8482, 15.6451, 5.9008)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC483B #3BAFBC

analogous

#BC3B6E #BC483B #BC893B

triadic

#BC483B #3BBC48 #483BBC

tetradic

#BC483B #6EBC3B #3BAFBC #893BBC

square

#BC483B #6EBC3B #3BAFBC #893BBC

split-complementary

#BC483B #3BBC89 #3B6EBC

monochromatic

#5F241E #8D362C #BC483B #CF7065 #DD9B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#BC483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC483B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC483B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC483B	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.152 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78071',
    500: '#bc483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc483b;
$custom-light: #d78071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.047,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55638,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC483B

secondary

#8AC2C9

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC483B

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

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