#BC483E#BC483E

#BC483E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.152 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC483E
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 46.11, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 55.23, 33.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1341 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.152 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9283, 15.6771, 6.3225)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC483E #3EB2BC

analogous

#BC3E73 #BC483E #BC873E

triadic

#BC483E #3EBC48 #483EBC

tetradic

#BC483E #73BC3E #3EB2BC #873EBC

square

#BC483E #73BC3E #3EB2BC #873EBC

split-complementary

#BC483E #3EBC87 #3E73BC

monochromatic

#602520 #8E362F #BC483E #CE716A #DD9D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BC483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC483E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC483E	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)

#675F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.152 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78073',
    500: '#bc483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc483e;
$custom-light: #d78073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55684,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC483E

secondary

#8DC4C9

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC483E

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

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