#BC3340#BC3340

#BC3340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3340
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 54.83, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 60.40, 24.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1621 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.173 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8507, 13.4326, 6.2390)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3340 #33BCAF

analogous

#BC3384 #BC3340 #BC6B33

triadic

#BC3340 #40BC33 #3340BC

tetradic

#BC3340 #84BC33 #33BCAF #6B33BC

square

#BC3340 #84BC33 #33BCAF #6B33BC

split-complementary

#BC3340 #33BC6B #3384BC

monochromatic

#5C191F #8C2630 #BC3340 #D25A65 #DF8A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#BC3340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3340

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3340	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59543F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87574',
    500: '#bc3340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3340;
$custom-light: #d87574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53344,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3340

secondary

#81C9C3

accent

#E1D247

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3340

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

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