#BC3431#BC3431

#BC3431 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.173 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3431
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 53.73, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 63.67, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1554 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.173 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5240, 13.3725, 4.3003)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3431 #31B9BC

analogous

#BC3174 #BC3431 #BC7A31

triadic

#BC3431 #31BC34 #3431BC

tetradic

#BC3431 #74BC31 #31B9BC #7A31BC

square

#BC3431 #74BC31 #31B9BC #7A31BC

split-complementary

#BC3431 #31BC7A #3174BC

monochromatic

#5B1918 #8B2724 #BC3431 #D35A57 #E08988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC3431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3431 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3431

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3431	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)

#5C542F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.173 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97569',
    500: '#bc3431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3431;
$custom-light: #d97569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53207,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3431

secondary

#7FC8CA

accent

#DEE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3431

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

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