#BC3823#BC3823

#BC3823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.172 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3823
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 51.71, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 66.80, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1463 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.172 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4592, 13.6445, 3.0408)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3823 #23A7BC

analogous

#BC235A #BC3823 #BC8423

triadic

#BC3823 #23BC38 #3823BC

tetradic

#BC3823 #5ABC23 #23A7BC #8423BC

square

#BC3823 #5ABC23 #23A7BC #8423BC

split-complementary

#BC3823 #23BC84 #235ABC

monochromatic

#551910 #882919 #BC3823 #DC5641 #E58474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3823

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3823	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)

#5F551F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.172 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97760',
    500: '#bc3823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3823;
$custom-light: #d97760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53459,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3823

secondary

#6FBFCC

accent

#D3EB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3823

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

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