#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
RGBrgb(188, 49, 32)
HSLhsl(7, 71%, 43%)
HSVhsv(7, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 73.9%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.76, 54.20, 42.90)
CIE-LCHlch(42.76, 69.13, 38.36°)
OKLaboklab(52.73% 0.1535 0.091)
OKLCHoklch(52.73% 0.178 30.6)
XYZxyz(22.1007, 12.9958, 2.7110)
Luminance0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

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
##BC31201.005.843.605.84
#FFFFFF5.841.0021.001.00
#0000003.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.841.0021.001.00

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

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#BC3120 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva