#BC312E#BC312E

#BC312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.176 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC312E
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, 54.67, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 65.14, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1578 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.176 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3331, 13.0887, 3.9347)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC312E #2EB9BC

analogous

#BC2E72 #BC312E #BC782E

triadic

#BC312E #2EBC31 #312EBC

tetradic

#BC312E #72BC2E #2EB9BC #782EBC

square

#BC312E #72BC2E #2EB9BC #782EBC

split-complementary

#BC312E #2EBC78 #2E72BC

monochromatic

#5A1716 #8B2422 #BC312E #D55552 #E18684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BC312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BC312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC312E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC312E	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.176 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97467',
    500: '#bc312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc312e;
$custom-light: #d97467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.268,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5288,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC312E

secondary

#7CC8CA

accent

#E0E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC312E

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

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