#BC3336#BC3336

#BC3336 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3336
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 54.31, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 62.62, 29.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1584 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.174 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5912, 13.3288, 4.8725)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3336 #33BCB9

analogous

#BC337B #BC3336 #BC7533

triadic

#BC3336 #36BC33 #3336BC

tetradic

#BC3336 #7BBC33 #33BCB9 #7533BC

square

#BC3336 #7BBC33 #33BCB9 #7533BC

split-complementary

#BC3336 #33BC75 #337BBC

monochromatic

#5C191A #8C2628 #BC3336 #D25A5D #DF8A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#BC3336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3336 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3336

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3336	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8756d',
    500: '#bc3336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3336;
$custom-light: #d8756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5318,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3336

secondary

#81C9C8

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3336

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

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