#BC3533#BC3533

#BC3533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.172 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3533
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 51)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 53.45, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 62.91, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% 0.155 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.172 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6122, 13.4800, 4.5426)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3533 #33BABC

analogous

#BC3376 #BC3533 #BC7A33

triadic

#BC3533 #33BC35 #3533BC

tetradic

#BC3533 #76BC33 #33BABC #7A33BC

square

#BC3533 #76BC33 #33BABC #7A33BC

split-complementary

#BC3533 #33BC7A #3376BC

monochromatic

#5C1A19 #8C2726 #BC3533 #D25C5A #DF8B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BC3533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BC3533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3533

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3533	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.172 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8766b',
    500: '#bc3533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3533;
$custom-light: #d8766b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53334,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3533

secondary

#81C8C9

accent

#DEE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3533

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

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