#BC3826#BC3826

#BC3826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.172 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3826
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 51.80, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 65.91, 38.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1472 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.172 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.5057, 13.6631, 3.2855)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3826 #26AABC

analogous

#BC265F #BC3826 #BC8326

triadic

#BC3826 #26BC38 #3826BC

tetradic

#BC3826 #5FBC26 #26AABC #8326BC

square

#BC3826 #5FBC26 #26AABC #8326BC

split-complementary

#BC3826 #26BC83 #265FBC

monochromatic

#561A11 #89291C #BC3826 #DA5746 #E48579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3826

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3826	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)

#5F5523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.172 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97762',
    500: '#bc3826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3826;
$custom-light: #d97762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53488,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.1366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3826

secondary

#72C1CC

accent

#D5E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3826

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

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