#BC322E#BC322E

#BC322E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC322E
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 46)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 54.32, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 64.93, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1567 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.176 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3754, 13.1733, 3.9488)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC322E #2EB8BC

analogous

#BC2E71 #BC322E #BC792E

triadic

#BC322E #2EBC32 #322EBC

tetradic

#BC322E #71BC2E #2EB8BC #792EBC

square

#BC322E #71BC2E #2EB8BC #792EBC

split-complementary

#BC322E #2EBC79 #2E71BC

monochromatic

#5A1816 #8B2522 #BC322E #D55652 #E18684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#BC322E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC322E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC322E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC322E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC322E	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B522C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc322e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97467',
    500: '#bc322e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc322e;
$custom-light: #d97467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc322e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52975,
    "c": 0.17559,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC322E

secondary

#7CC8CA

accent

#DFE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC322E

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

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