#BC3331#BC3331

#BC3331 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.174 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3331
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 54.09, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 63.90, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1566 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.174 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4798, 13.2842, 4.2856)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3331 #31BABC

analogous

#BC3175 #BC3331 #BC7931

triadic

#BC3331 #31BC33 #3331BC

tetradic

#BC3331 #75BC31 #31BABC #7931BC

square

#BC3331 #75BC31 #31BABC #7931BC

split-complementary

#BC3331 #31BC79 #3175BC

monochromatic

#5B1918 #8B2624 #BC3331 #D35957 #E08988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3331 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3331

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3331	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	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: #bc3331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.174 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97569',
    500: '#bc3331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3331;
$custom-light: #d97569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5311,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3331

secondary

#7FC9CA

accent

#E0E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3331

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

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