#BC3532#BC3532

#BC3532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.172 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3532
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 50)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 53.40, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 63.17, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% 0.1546 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.172 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5904, 13.4713, 4.4277)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3532 #32B9BC

analogous

#BC3274 #BC3532 #BC7A32

triadic

#BC3532 #32BC35 #3532BC

tetradic

#BC3532 #74BC32 #32B9BC #7A32BC

square

#BC3532 #74BC32 #32B9BC #7A32BC

split-complementary

#BC3532 #32BC7A #3274BC

monochromatic

#5B1A18 #8C2725 #BC3532 #D35B58 #E08B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3532

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3532	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)

#5C5430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.172 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9766a',
    500: '#bc3532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3532;
$custom-light: #d9766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5332,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3532

secondary

#80C8C9

accent

#DEE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3532

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

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