#BC493A#BC493A

#BC493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.152 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC493A
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 45.43, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 56.06, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1312 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.152 30)
XYZ	xyz(23.8877, 15.7652, 5.7873)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC493A #3AADBC

analogous

#BC3A6C #BC493A #BC8A3A

triadic

#BC493A #3ABC49 #493ABC

tetradic

#BC493A #6CBC3A #3AADBC #8A3ABC

square

#BC493A #6CBC3A #3AADBC #8A3ABC

split-complementary

#BC493A #3ABC8A #3A6CBC

monochromatic

#5E251D #8D372C #BC493A #CF7064 #DE9B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BC493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BC493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC493A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC493A	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.152 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78071',
    500: '#bc493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc493a;
$custom-light: #d78071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55754,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC493A

secondary

#89C1C9

accent

#CCDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC493A

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

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