#BC312F#BC312F

#BC312F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.176 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC312F
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 47)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 54.71, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 64.87, 32.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1581 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.176 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3530, 13.0967, 4.0397)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC312F #2FBABC

analogous

#BC2F73 #BC312F #BC772F

triadic

#BC312F #2FBC31 #312FBC

tetradic

#BC312F #73BC2F #2FBABC #772FBC

square

#BC312F #73BC2F #2FBABC #772FBC

split-complementary

#BC312F #2FBC77 #2F73BC

monochromatic

#5A1717 #8B2423 #BC312F #D45654 #E08685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#BC312F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BC312F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC312F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC312F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC312F	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc312f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.176 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97468',
    500: '#bc312f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc312f;
$custom-light: #d97468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc312f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.851,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52893,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC312F

secondary

#7DC9CA

accent

#E1E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC312F

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

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