#BC3723#BC3723

#BC3723 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.173 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3723
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 52.09, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 67.01, 38.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1475 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.173 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4112, 13.5485, 3.0249)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3723 #23A8BC

analogous

#BC235B #BC3723 #BC8323

triadic

#BC3723 #23BC37 #3723BC

tetradic

#BC3723 #5BBC23 #23A8BC #8323BC

square

#BC3723 #5BBC23 #23A8BC #8323BC

split-complementary

#BC3723 #23BC83 #235BBC

monochromatic

#551910 #882819 #BC3723 #DC5541 #E58374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BC3723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC3723 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3723

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3723	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.173 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97660',
    500: '#bc3723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3723;
$custom-light: #d97660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.843,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53354,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3723

secondary

#6FC0CC

accent

#D5EB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3723

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

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