#BC333A#BC333A

#BC333A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.173 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC333A
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 58)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 54.51, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 61.67, 27.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1598 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.173 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6891, 13.3679, 5.3877)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC333A #33BCB5

analogous

#BC337F #BC333A #BC7033

triadic

#BC333A #3ABC33 #333ABC

tetradic

#BC333A #7FBC33 #33BCB5 #7033BC

square

#BC333A #7FBC33 #33BCB5 #7033BC

split-complementary

#BC333A #33BC70 #337FBC

monochromatic

#5C191C #8C262B #BC333A #D25A60 #DF8A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC333A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC333A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC333A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC333A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC333A	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)

#5A5439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc333a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.173 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87570',
    500: '#bc333a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc333a;
$custom-light: #d87570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc333a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.17331,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC333A

secondary

#81C9C6

accent

#E1D947

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC333A

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

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