#BC3335#BC3335

#BC3335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3335
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 54.27, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 62.86, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.16% 0.158 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(53.16% 0.174 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5680, 13.3195, 4.7501)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3335 #33BCBA

analogous

#BC337A #BC3335 #BC7633

triadic

#BC3335 #35BC33 #3335BC

tetradic

#BC3335 #7ABC33 #33BCBA #7633BC

square

#BC3335 #7ABC33 #33BCBA #7633BC

split-complementary

#BC3335 #33BC76 #337ABC

monochromatic

#5C191A #8C2627 #BC3335 #D25A5C #DF8A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#BC3335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3335

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3335	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8756c',
    500: '#bc3335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3335;
$custom-light: #d8756c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53165,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3335

secondary

#81C9C8

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3335

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

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