#BC503D#BC503D

#BC503D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.144 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503D
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 42.28, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 53.44, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.122 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.144 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4524, 16.7688, 6.3630)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503D #3DA9BC

analogous

#BC3D6A #BC503D #BC903D

triadic

#BC503D #3DBC50 #503DBC

tetradic

#BC503D #6ABC3D #3DA9BC #903DBC

square

#BC503D #6ABC3D #3DA9BC #903DBC

split-complementary

#BC503D #3DBC90 #3D6ABC

monochromatic

#60291F #8E3C2E #BC503D #CE7768 #DDA196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC503D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC503D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503D	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D633B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.144 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78573',
    500: '#bc503d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503d;
$custom-light: #d78573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.976,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56751,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503D

secondary

#8CC0C9

accent

#C5DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503D

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

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