#BC3527#BC3527

#BC3527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3527
RGBrgb(188, 53, 39)
HSLhsl(6, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(6, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.8%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.34, 52.98, 39.80)
CIE-LCHlch(43.34, 66.26, 36.92°)
OKLaboklab(53.19% 0.151 0.0866)
OKLCHoklch(53.19% 0.174 29.8)
XYZxyz(22.3810, 13.3875, 3.3246)
Luminance0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3527 #27AEBC
analogous
#BC2763 #BC3527 #BC8027
triadic
#BC3527 #27BC35 #3527BC
tetradic
#BC3527 #63BC27 #27AEBC #8027BC
square
#BC3527 #63BC27 #27AEBC #8027BC
split-complementary
#BC3527 #27BC80 #2763BC
monochromatic
#571812 #89271C #BC3527 #D95547 #E3847A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71
#BC3527 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68
#BC3527 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3527
5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3527#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC35271.005.713.685.71
#FFFFFF5.711.0021.001.00
#0000003.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5424
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F7121
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF0033
Achromatopsia (no color)
#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 29.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97562',
    500: '#bc3527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3527;
$custom-light: #d97562;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.638,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53188,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3527
secondary
#73C3CB
accent
#D9E93F
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FDEDEA
border
#D5C8C6
text
#170905
muted
#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3527

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#BC3527 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva