#BC3236#BC3236

#BC3236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.175 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3236
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 54.67, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 62.85, 29.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1595 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.175 24)
XYZ	xyz(22.5480, 13.2423, 4.8581)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3236 #32BCB8

analogous

#BC327B #BC3236 #BC7332

triadic

#BC3236 #36BC32 #3236BC

tetradic

#BC3236 #7BBC32 #32BCB8 #7332BC

square

#BC3236 #7BBC32 #32BCB8 #7332BC

split-complementary

#BC3236 #32BC73 #327BBC

monochromatic

#5B181A #8C2528 #BC3236 #D3585C #E0898B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#BC3236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC3236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3236

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3236	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.175 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8746d',
    500: '#bc3236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3236;
$custom-light: #d8746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53084,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.13239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3236

secondary

#80C9C7

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3236

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

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