#BC3123#BC3123

#BC3123 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.178 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3123
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 54.29, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 68.26, 37.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1543 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.178 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1434, 13.0128, 2.9356)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3123 #23AEBC

analogous

#BC2361 #BC3123 #BC7D23

triadic

#BC3123 #23BC31 #3123BC

tetradic

#BC3123 #61BC23 #23AEBC #7D23BC

square

#BC3123 #61BC23 #23AEBC #7D23BC

split-complementary

#BC3123 #23BC7D #2361BC

monochromatic

#551610 #882419 #BC3123 #DC4F41 #E57F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC3123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC3123 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3123

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3123	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.178 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7460',
    500: '#bc3123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3123;
$custom-light: #da7460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.49,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52759,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3123

secondary

#6FC4CC

accent

#DBEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3123

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

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