#BC303E#BC303E

#BC303E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC303E
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 62)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 55.77, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 61.54, 25.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1647 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.176 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6680, 13.1565, 5.9024)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC303E #30BCAE

analogous

#BC3084 #BC303E #BC6830

triadic

#BC303E #3EBC30 #303EBC

tetradic

#BC303E #84BC30 #30BCAE #6830BC

square

#BC303E #84BC30 #30BCAE #6830BC

split-complementary

#BC303E #30BC68 #3084BC

monochromatic

#5A171E #8B242E #BC303E #D45562 #E0868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#BC303E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC303E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC303E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC303E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC303E	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc303e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87473',
    500: '#bc303e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc303e;
$custom-light: #d87473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc303e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53028,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC303E

secondary

#7ECAC2

accent

#E3D345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC303E

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

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