#BC373D#BC373D

#BC373D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC373D
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 53.19, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 59.99, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1563 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.169 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9500, 13.7640, 5.8622)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC373D #37BCB6

analogous

#BC3780 #BC373D #BC7337

triadic

#BC373D #3DBC37 #373DBC

tetradic

#BC373D #80BC37 #37BCB6 #7337BC

square

#BC373D #80BC37 #37BCB6 #7337BC

split-complementary

#BC373D #37BC73 #3780BC

monochromatic

#5D1B1E #8D292E #BC373D #D06065 #DE8F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC373D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC373D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC373D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC373D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC373D	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc373d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87772',
    500: '#bc373d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc373d;
$custom-light: #d87772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc373d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.293,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53689,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC373D

secondary

#86C9C6

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC373D

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

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