#BC3334#BC3334

#BC3334 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3334
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 52)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 54.22, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 63.12, 30.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1576 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.174 25)
XYZ	xyz(22.5452, 13.3104, 4.6302)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3334 #33BCBB

analogous

#BC3379 #BC3334 #BC7733

triadic

#BC3334 #34BC33 #3334BC

tetradic

#BC3334 #79BC33 #33BCBB #7733BC

square

#BC3334 #79BC33 #33BCBB #7733BC

split-complementary

#BC3334 #33BC77 #3379BC

monochromatic

#5C1919 #8C2627 #BC3334 #D25A5B #DF8A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3334 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3334

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3334	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)

#5B5333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8756c',
    500: '#bc3334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3334;
$custom-light: #d8756c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53151,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.13307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3334

secondary

#81C9C9

accent

#E1DF47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3334

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

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