#BC3234#BC3234

#BC3234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.175 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3234
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, 54.58, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 63.35, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1588 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.175 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5020, 13.2239, 4.6158)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3234 #32BCBA

analogous

#BC3279 #BC3234 #BC7532

triadic

#BC3234 #34BC32 #3234BC

tetradic

#BC3234 #79BC32 #32BCBA #7532BC

square

#BC3234 #79BC32 #32BCBA #7532BC

split-complementary

#BC3234 #32BC75 #3279BC

monochromatic

#5B1819 #8C2527 #BC3234 #D3585A #E0898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#BC3234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BC3234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3234

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3234	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.175 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9746b',
    500: '#bc3234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3234;
$custom-light: #d9746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53055,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3234

secondary

#80C9C8

accent

#E1DF47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3234

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

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