#BC3531#BC3531

#BC3531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3531
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 49)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 53.36, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 63.44, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1543 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.173 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5691, 13.4627, 4.3153)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3531 #31B8BC

analogous

#BC3173 #BC3531 #BC7B31

triadic

#BC3531 #31BC35 #3531BC

tetradic

#BC3531 #73BC31 #31B8BC #7B31BC

square

#BC3531 #73BC31 #31B8BC #7B31BC

split-complementary

#BC3531 #31BC7B #3173BC

monochromatic

#5B1A18 #8B2724 #BC3531 #D35B57 #E08A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3531

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3531	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)

#5C542F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97669',
    500: '#bc3531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3531;
$custom-light: #d97669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53307,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3531

secondary

#7FC7CA

accent

#DDE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3531

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

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