#BC3830#BC3830

#BC3830 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3830
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 48)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 52.18, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 63.02, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1504 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.17 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6893, 13.7365, 4.2524)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3830 #30B4BC

analogous

#BC306E #BC3830 #BC7E30

triadic

#BC3830 #30BC38 #3830BC

tetradic

#BC3830 #6EBC30 #30B4BC #7E30BC

square

#BC3830 #6EBC30 #30B4BC #7E30BC

split-complementary

#BC3830 #30BC7E #306EBC

monochromatic

#5A1B17 #8B2924 #BC3830 #D45D55 #E08B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BC3830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3830

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3830	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97769',
    500: '#bc3830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3830;
$custom-light: #d97769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53602,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3830

secondary

#7EC5CA

accent

#DAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3830

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

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