#BC503F#BC503F

#BC503F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC503F
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 42.40, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 52.86, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1227 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.143 31)
XYZ	xyz(24.5072, 16.7907, 6.6521)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC503F #3FABBC

analogous

#BC3F6D #BC503F #BC8F3F

triadic

#BC503F #3FBC50 #503FBC

tetradic

#BC503F #6DBC3F #3FABBC #8F3FBC

square

#BC503F #6DBC3F #3FABBC #8F3FBC

split-complementary

#BC503F #3FBC8F #3F6DBC

monochromatic

#602920 #8E3C30 #BC503F #CD786B #DDA299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC503F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC503F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC503F

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC503F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC503F	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)

#6C633D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc503f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78574',
    500: '#bc503f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc503f;
$custom-light: #d78574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc503f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56781,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC503F

secondary

#8EC1C9

accent

#C6D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC503F

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

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