#BC3029#BC3029

#BC3029 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.178 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3029
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 54.83, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 66.74, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1572 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.178 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1989, 12.9688, 3.4318)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3029 #29B5BC

analogous

#BC296C #BC3029 #BC7929

triadic

#BC3029 #29BC30 #3029BC

tetradic

#BC3029 #6CBC29 #29B5BC #7929BC

square

#BC3029 #6CBC29 #29B5BC #7929BC

split-complementary

#BC3029 #29BC79 #296CBC

monochromatic

#581613 #8A231E #BC3029 #D8514B #E3827D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BC3029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#BC3029 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3029

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3029	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.178 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97364',
    500: '#bc3029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3029;
$custom-light: #d97364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52728,
    "c": 0.17795,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3029

secondary

#76C7CB

accent

#DFE741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3029

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

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