#BC372F#BC372F

#BC372F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC372F
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 47)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 52.52, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 63.53, 34.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1512 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.171 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6209, 13.6324, 4.1290)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC372F #2FB4BC

analogous

#BC2F6D #BC372F #BC7D2F

triadic

#BC372F #2FBC37 #372FBC

tetradic

#BC372F #6DBC2F #2FB4BC #7D2FBC

square

#BC372F #6DBC2F #2FB4BC #7D2FBC

split-complementary

#BC372F #2FBC7D #2F6DBC

monochromatic

#5A1A17 #8B2923 #BC372F #D45B54 #E08A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#BC372F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC372F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC372F

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC372F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC372F	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc372f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97768',
    500: '#bc372f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc372f;
$custom-light: #d97768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc372f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.404,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53485,
    "c": 0.17104,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC372F

secondary

#7DC6CA

accent

#DAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC372F

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

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