#BC3530#BC3530

#BC3530 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3530
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 48)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 53.32, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 63.71, 33.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1539 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.173 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.5482, 13.4544, 4.2054)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3530 #30B7BC

analogous

#BC3071 #BC3530 #BC7B30

triadic

#BC3530 #30BC35 #3530BC

tetradic

#BC3530 #71BC30 #30B7BC #7B30BC

square

#BC3530 #71BC30 #30B7BC #7B30BC

split-complementary

#BC3530 #30BC7B #3071BC

monochromatic

#5A1A17 #8B2724 #BC3530 #D45A55 #E08986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3530

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3530	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C542E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97669',
    500: '#bc3530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3530;
$custom-light: #d97669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53293,
    "c": 0.17269,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3530

secondary

#7EC7CA

accent

#DDE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3530

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

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