#BC342F#BC342F

#BC342F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC342F
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 47)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 53.64, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 64.21, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1547 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.174 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.4827, 13.3560, 4.0829)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC342F #2FB7BC

analogous

#BC2F70 #BC342F #BC7A2F

triadic

#BC342F #2FBC34 #342FBC

tetradic

#BC342F #70BC2F #2FB7BC #7A2FBC

square

#BC342F #70BC2F #2FB7BC #7A2FBC

split-complementary

#BC342F #2FBC7A #2F70BC

monochromatic

#5A1917 #8B2623 #BC342F #D45954 #E08885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC342F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC342F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC342F

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC342F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC342F	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C532D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc342f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97568',
    500: '#bc342f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc342f;
$custom-light: #d97568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc342f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.128,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53181,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC342F

secondary

#7DC7CA

accent

#DEE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC342F

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

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