#BC3120#BC3120

#BC3120 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.178 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3120
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 54.20, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 69.13, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1535 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.178 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1007, 12.9958, 2.7110)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3120 #20ABBC

analogous

#BC205D #BC3120 #BC7F20

triadic

#BC3120 #20BC31 #3120BC

tetradic

#BC3120 #5DBC20 #20ABBC #7F20BC

square

#BC3120 #5DBC20 #20ABBC #7F20BC

split-complementary

#BC3120 #20BC7F #205DBC

monochromatic

#53160E #882317 #BC3120 #DE4D3B #E77D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BC3120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC3120 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3120

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3120	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C511C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.178 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da735e',
    500: '#bc3120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3120;
$custom-light: #da735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52732,
    "c": 0.17843,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3120

secondary

#6BC2CD

accent

#DAEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3120

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

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