#BC503C#BC503C

#BC503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503C
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 42.22, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 53.73, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1216 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.144 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4257, 16.7581, 6.2225)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503C #3CA8BC

analogous

#BC3C68 #BC503C #BC903C

triadic

#BC503C #3CBC50 #503CBC

tetradic

#BC503C #68BC3C #3CA8BC #903CBC

square

#BC503C #68BC3C #3CA8BC #903CBC

split-complementary

#BC503C #3CBC90 #3C68BC

monochromatic

#5F291E #8E3C2D #BC503C #CE7767 #DDA095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503C	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)

#6D633A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78572',
    500: '#bc503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503c;
$custom-light: #d78572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56736,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503C

secondary

#8BBFC9

accent

#C5DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503C

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

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