#BC3429#BC3429

#BC3429 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.175 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3429
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 53.41, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 65.90, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1528 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.175 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.3699, 13.3109, 3.4888)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3429 #29B1BC

analogous

#BC2967 #BC3429 #BC7E29

triadic

#BC3429 #29BC34 #3429BC

tetradic

#BC3429 #67BC29 #29B1BC #7E29BC

square

#BC3429 #67BC29 #29B1BC #7E29BC

split-complementary

#BC3429 #29BC7E #2967BC

monochromatic

#581813 #8A261E #BC3429 #D8554B #E3847D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3429 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3429

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3429	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.175 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97564',
    500: '#bc3429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3429;
$custom-light: #d97564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.49,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5311,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.13307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3429

secondary

#76C5CB

accent

#DBE741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3429

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

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