#BC3529#BC3529

#BC3529 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.174 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3529
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 41)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 53.04, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 65.68, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1516 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.174 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4150, 13.4011, 3.5038)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3529 #29B0BC

analogous

#BC2967 #BC3529 #BC7F29

triadic

#BC3529 #29BC35 #3529BC

tetradic

#BC3529 #67BC29 #29B0BC #7F29BC

square

#BC3529 #67BC29 #29B0BC #7F29BC

split-complementary

#BC3529 #29BC7F #2967BC

monochromatic

#581913 #8A271E #BC3529 #D8564B #E3857D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC3529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC3529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3529

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3529	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.174 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97564',
    500: '#bc3529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3529;
$custom-light: #d97564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5321,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3529

secondary

#76C4CB

accent

#DAE741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3529

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

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