#BC303D#BC303D

#BC303D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC303D
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 61)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 55.72, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 61.75, 25.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1643 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.176 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6408, 13.1456, 5.7592)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC303D #30BCAF

analogous

#BC3083 #BC303D #BC6930

triadic

#BC303D #3DBC30 #303DBC

tetradic

#BC303D #83BC30 #30BCAF #6930BC

square

#BC303D #83BC30 #30BCAF #6930BC

split-complementary

#BC303D #30BC69 #3083BC

monochromatic

#5A171D #8B242D #BC303D #D45561 #E0868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BC303D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC303D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC303D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC303D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC303D	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc303d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87472',
    500: '#bc303d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc303d;
$custom-light: #d87472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc303d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53011,
    "c": 0.1758,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC303D

secondary

#7ECAC3

accent

#E3D445

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC303D

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

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