#BC3230#BC3230

#BC3230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.175 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3230
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 54.40, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 64.39, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1573 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.175 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4157, 13.1894, 4.1612)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3230 #30BABC

analogous

#BC3074 #BC3230 #BC7830

triadic

#BC3230 #30BC32 #3230BC

tetradic

#BC3230 #74BC30 #30BABC #7830BC

square

#BC3230 #74BC30 #30BABC #7830BC

split-complementary

#BC3230 #30BC78 #3074BC

monochromatic

#5A1817 #8B2524 #BC3230 #D45755 #E08886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BC3230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BC3230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3230

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3230	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B532E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.175 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97469',
    500: '#bc3230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3230;
$custom-light: #d97469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53,
    "c": 0.17532,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3230

secondary

#7EC9CA

accent

#E0E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3230

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

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