#BC3732#BC3732

#BC3732 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3732
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 50)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 52.65, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 62.71, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1523 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.171 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6835, 13.6574, 4.4587)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3732 #32B7BC

analogous

#BC3272 #BC3732 #BC7C32

triadic

#BC3732 #32BC37 #3732BC

tetradic

#BC3732 #72BC32 #32B7BC #7C32BC

square

#BC3732 #72BC32 #32B7BC #7C32BC

split-complementary

#BC3732 #32BC7C #3272BC

monochromatic

#5B1B18 #8C2925 #BC3732 #D35D58 #E08C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3732 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3732

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3732	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8776a',
    500: '#bc3732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3732;
$custom-light: #d8776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.174,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53524,
    "c": 0.1706,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3732

secondary

#80C7C9

accent

#DCE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3732

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

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