#BC503A#BC503A

#BC503A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503A
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 58)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 42.11, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 54.33, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1209 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.144 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3738, 16.7374, 5.9493)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503A #3AA6BC

analogous

#BC3A65 #BC503A #BC913A

triadic

#BC503A #3ABC50 #503ABC

tetradic

#BC503A #65BC3A #3AA6BC #913ABC

square

#BC503A #65BC3A #3AA6BC #913ABC

split-complementary

#BC503A #3ABC91 #3A65BC

monochromatic

#5E281D #8D3C2C #BC503A #CF7664 #DE9F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC503A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC503A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503A

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503A	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78571',
    500: '#bc503a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503a;
$custom-light: #d78571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56708,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503A

secondary

#89BEC9

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503A

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

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