#BC333D#BC333D

#BC333D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC333D
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 54.67, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 61.01, 26.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.161 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.173 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7676, 13.3993, 5.8015)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC333D #33BCB2

analogous

#BC3382 #BC333D #BC6D33

triadic

#BC333D #3DBC33 #333DBC

tetradic

#BC333D #82BC33 #33BCB2 #6D33BC

square

#BC333D #82BC33 #33BCB2 #6D33BC

split-complementary

#BC333D #33BC6D #3382BC

monochromatic

#5C191E #8C262D #BC333D #D25A63 #DF8A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC333D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC333D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC333D

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC333D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC333D	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)

#5A543C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc333d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87572',
    500: '#bc333d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc333d;
$custom-light: #d87572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc333d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.62,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53291,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC333D

secondary

#81C9C4

accent

#E1D547

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC333D

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

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