#BC342C#BC342C

#BC342C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.174 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC342C
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 53.52, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 65.04, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.1537 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.174 28)
XYZ	xyz(22.4242, 13.3326, 3.7751)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC342C #2CB4BC

analogous

#BC2C6C #BC342C #BC7C2C

triadic

#BC342C #2CBC34 #342CBC

tetradic

#BC342C #6CBC2C #2CB4BC #7C2CBC

square

#BC342C #6CBC2C #2CB4BC #7C2CBC

split-complementary

#BC342C #2CBC7C #2C6CBC

monochromatic

#591915 #8A2620 #BC342C #D6574F #E18681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#BC342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC342C

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC342C	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C532A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.174 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97566',
    500: '#bc342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc342c;
$custom-light: #d97566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53144,
    "c": 0.17414,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.13329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC342C

secondary

#79C6CA

accent

#DCE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC342C

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

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