#BC3519#BC3519

#BC3519 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.176 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3519
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 25)
HSL	hsl(10, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 52.58, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 70.31, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1473 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.176 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1903, 13.3112, 2.3204)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3519 #19A0BC

analogous

#BC194E #BC3519 #BC8719

triadic

#BC3519 #19BC35 #3519BC

tetradic

#BC3519 #4EBC19 #19A0BC #8719BC

square

#BC3519 #4EBC19 #19A0BC #8719BC

split-complementary

#BC3519 #19BC87 #194EBC

monochromatic

#50170B #862612 #BC3519 #E34E2F #EB7C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3519

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3519	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)

#5E5313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.176 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da755a',
    500: '#bc3519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3519;
$custom-light: #da755a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.307,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53068,
    "c": 0.17618,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3519

secondary

#61BCCF

accent

#D2F335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3519

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

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