#BC3031#BC3031

#BC3031 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3031
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 49)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 55.14, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 64.56, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1599 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.177 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3529, 13.0305, 4.2433)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3031 #30BCBB

analogous

#BC3077 #BC3031 #BC7530

triadic

#BC3031 #31BC30 #3031BC

tetradic

#BC3031 #77BC30 #30BCBB #7530BC

square

#BC3031 #77BC30 #30BCBB #7530BC

split-complementary

#BC3031 #30BC75 #3077BC

monochromatic

#5A1718 #8B2424 #BC3031 #D45556 #E08687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC3031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC3031 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3031

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3031	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97369',
    500: '#bc3031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3031;
$custom-light: #d97369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52827,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3031

secondary

#7ECAC9

accent

#E3E145

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3031

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

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