#BC3231#BC3231

#BC3231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.175 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3231
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, 54.44, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 64.12, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1577 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.175 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4366, 13.1978, 4.2712)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3231 #31BBBC

analogous

#BC3176 #BC3231 #BC7831

triadic

#BC3231 #31BC32 #3231BC

tetradic

#BC3231 #76BC31 #31BBBC #7831BC

square

#BC3231 #76BC31 #31BBBC #7831BC

split-complementary

#BC3231 #31BC78 #3176BC

monochromatic

#5B1818 #8B2524 #BC3231 #D35857 #E08888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BC3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BC3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3231

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3231	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)

#5B532F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.175 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97469',
    500: '#bc3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3231;
$custom-light: #d97469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.432,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53014,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3231

secondary

#7FC9CA

accent

#E1E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3231

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

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