#BC3237#BC3237

#BC3237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.175 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3237
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 54.72, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 62.61, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1599 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.175 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5717, 13.2518, 4.9830)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3237 #32BCB7

analogous

#BC327C #BC3237 #BC7232

triadic

#BC3237 #37BC32 #3237BC

tetradic

#BC3237 #7CBC32 #32BCB7 #7232BC

square

#BC3237 #7CBC32 #32BCB7 #7232BC

split-complementary

#BC3237 #32BC72 #327CBC

monochromatic

#5B181B #8C2529 #BC3237 #D3585D #E0898C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BC3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3237

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3237	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.175 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8746e',
    500: '#bc3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3237;
$custom-light: #d8746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53099,
    "c": 0.17451,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3237

secondary

#80C9C7

accent

#E1DC47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3237

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

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