#BC333B#BC333B

#BC333B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC333B
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 59)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 54.56, 28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 61.44, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1602 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.173 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7148, 13.3782, 5.5230)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC333B #33BCB4

analogous

#BC3380 #BC333B #BC6F33

triadic

#BC333B #3BBC33 #333BBC

tetradic

#BC333B #80BC33 #33BCB4 #6F33BC

square

#BC333B #80BC33 #33BCB4 #6F33BC

split-complementary

#BC333B #33BC6F #3380BC

monochromatic

#5C191D #8C262C #BC333B #D25A61 #DF8A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC333B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC333B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC333B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC333B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC333B	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc333b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87571',
    500: '#bc333b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc333b;
$custom-light: #d87571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc333b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.496,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53258,
    "c": 0.17322,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC333B

secondary

#81C9C5

accent

#E1D847

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC333B

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

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