#BC3339#BC3339

#BC3339 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.173 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3339
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, 54.46, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 61.90, 28.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1595 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.173 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6639, 13.3578, 5.2550)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3339 #33BCB6

analogous

#BC337E #BC3339 #BC7233

triadic

#BC3339 #39BC33 #3339BC

tetradic

#BC3339 #7EBC33 #33BCB6 #7233BC

square

#BC3339 #7EBC33 #33BCB6 #7233BC

split-complementary

#BC3339 #33BC72 #337EBC

monochromatic

#5C191C #8C262A #BC3339 #D25A5F #DF8A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC3339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3339 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3339

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3339	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.173 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8756f',
    500: '#bc3339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3339;
$custom-light: #d8756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.372,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3339

secondary

#81C9C6

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3339

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

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