#BC333C#BC333C

#BC333C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC333C
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 60)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 54.61, 27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 61.22, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1606 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.173 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7409, 13.3887, 5.6609)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC333C #33BCB3

analogous

#BC3381 #BC333C #BC6E33

triadic

#BC333C #3CBC33 #333CBC

tetradic

#BC333C #81BC33 #33BCB3 #6E33BC

square

#BC333C #81BC33 #33BCB3 #6E33BC

split-complementary

#BC333C #33BC6E #3381BC

monochromatic

#5C191D #8C262D #BC333C #D25A62 #DF8A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC333C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC333C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC333C

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC333C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC333C	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)

#5A543B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc333c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87571',
    500: '#bc333c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc333c;
$custom-light: #d87571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc333c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.058,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53274,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC333C

secondary

#81C9C5

accent

#E1D647

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC333C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →