#BC3232#BC3232

#BC3232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.175 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3232
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 54.49, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 63.86, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.158 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.175 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4579, 13.2063, 4.3835)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3232 #32BCBC

analogous

#BC3277 #BC3232 #BC7732

triadic

#BC3232 #32BC32 #3232BC

tetradic

#BC3232 #77BC32 #32BCBC #7732BC

square

#BC3232 #77BC32 #32BCBC #7732BC

split-complementary

#BC3232 #32BC77 #3277BC

monochromatic

#5B1818 #8C2525 #BC3232 #D35858 #E08989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BC3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BC3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3232

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3232	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)

#5B5330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.175 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9746a',
    500: '#bc3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3232;
$custom-light: #d9746a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53027,
    "c": 0.17507,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3232

secondary

#80C9C9

accent

#E1E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3232

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

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