#BC3626#BC3626

#BC3626 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3626
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 38)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 52.57, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 66.34, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1495 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.173 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4107, 13.4731, 3.2539)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3626 #26ACBC

analogous

#BC2661 #BC3626 #BC8126

triadic

#BC3626 #26BC36 #3626BC

tetradic

#BC3626 #61BC26 #26ACBC #8126BC

square

#BC3626 #61BC26 #26ACBC #8126BC

split-complementary

#BC3626 #26BC81 #2661BC

monochromatic

#561911 #89271C #BC3626 #DA5546 #E48479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BC3626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3626 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3626

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3626	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97662',
    500: '#bc3626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3626;
$custom-light: #d97662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5328,
    "c": 0.17335,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3626

secondary

#72C2CC

accent

#D7E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3626

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

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