#BC503B#BC503B

#BC503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503B
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 42.17, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 54.03, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1212 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.144 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3995, 16.7476, 6.0846)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503B #3BA7BC

analogous

#BC3B67 #BC503B #BC903B

triadic

#BC503B #3BBC50 #503BBC

tetradic

#BC503B #67BC3B #3BA7BC #903BBC

square

#BC503B #67BC3B #3BA7BC #903BBC

split-complementary

#BC503B #3BBC90 #3B67BC

monochromatic

#5F281E #8D3C2C #BC503B #CF7765 #DDA094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC503B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503B	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)

#6D6338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78571',
    500: '#bc503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503b;
$custom-light: #d78571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56722,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503B

secondary

#8ABFC9

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503B

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

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