#BC382E#BC382E

#BC382E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC382E
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 46)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 52.10, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 63.58, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1497 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.17 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6489, 13.7204, 4.0400)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC382E #2EB2BC

analogous

#BC2E6B #BC382E #BC7F2E

triadic

#BC382E #2EBC38 #382EBC

tetradic

#BC382E #6BBC2E #2EB2BC #7F2EBC

square

#BC382E #6BBC2E #2EB2BC #7F2EBC

split-complementary

#BC382E #2EBC7F #2E6BBC

monochromatic

#5A1B16 #8B2922 #BC382E #D55C52 #E18A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BC382E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BC382E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC382E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC382E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC382E	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc382e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97767',
    500: '#bc382e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc382e;
$custom-light: #d97767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc382e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53577,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC382E

secondary

#7CC5CA

accent

#D9E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC382E

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

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