#BC503E#BC503E

#BC503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503E
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 42.34, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 53.15, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1224 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.143 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4795, 16.7797, 6.5062)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503E #3EAABC

analogous

#BC3E6B #BC503E #BC8F3E

triadic

#BC503E #3EBC50 #503EBC

tetradic

#BC503E #6BBC3E #3EAABC #8F3EBC

square

#BC503E #6BBC3E #3EAABC #8F3EBC

split-complementary

#BC503E #3EBC8F #3E6BBC

monochromatic

#602920 #8E3C2F #BC503E #CE786A #DDA198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78574',
    500: '#bc503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503e;
$custom-light: #d78574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56766,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503E

secondary

#8DC0C9

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503E

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

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