#BC493D#BC493D

#BC493D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.151 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC493D
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 45.59, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 55.23, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1323 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.151 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9663, 15.7966, 6.2010)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC493D #3DB0BC

analogous

#BC3D71 #BC493D #BC893D

triadic

#BC493D #3DBC49 #493DBC

tetradic

#BC493D #71BC3D #3DB0BC #893DBC

square

#BC493D #71BC3D #3DB0BC #893DBC

split-complementary

#BC493D #3DBC89 #3D71BC

monochromatic

#60251F #8E372E #BC493D #CE7268 #DD9D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BC493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC493D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC493D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC493D	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.151 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78073',
    500: '#bc493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc493d;
$custom-light: #d78073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.669,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55799,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC493D

secondary

#8CC3C9

accent

#CDDA4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC493D

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

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