#BC483C#BC483C

#BC483C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.152 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC483C
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 60)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 46.00, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 55.76, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1334 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.152 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8744, 15.6556, 6.0387)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC483C #3CB0BC

analogous

#BC3C70 #BC483C #BC883C

triadic

#BC483C #3CBC48 #483CBC

tetradic

#BC483C #70BC3C #3CB0BC #883CBC

square

#BC483C #70BC3C #3CB0BC #883CBC

split-complementary

#BC483C #3CBC88 #3C70BC

monochromatic

#5F241E #8E362D #BC483C #CE7067 #DD9C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC483C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC483C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC483C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC483C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC483C	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc483c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.152 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78072',
    500: '#bc483c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc483c;
$custom-light: #d78072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc483c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55653,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC483C

secondary

#8BC3C9

accent

#CEDB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC483C

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

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