#BC3832#BC3832

#BC3832 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3832
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 52.27, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 62.47, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.151 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.17 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7315, 13.7534, 4.4747)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3832 #32B6BC

analogous

#BC3271 #BC3832 #BC7D32

triadic

#BC3832 #32BC38 #3832BC

tetradic

#BC3832 #71BC32 #32B6BC #7D32BC

square

#BC3832 #71BC32 #32B6BC #7D32BC

split-complementary

#BC3832 #32BC7D #3271BC

monochromatic

#5B1B18 #8C2A25 #BC3832 #D35E58 #E08D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC3832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3832

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3832	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)

#5E5530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8776a',
    500: '#bc3832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3832;
$custom-light: #d8776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53628,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3832

secondary

#80C6C9

accent

#DAE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3832

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

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