#BC3834#BC3834

#BC3834 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3834
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 52.36, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 61.94, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1518 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.169 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7756, 13.7710, 4.7070)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3834 #34B8BC

analogous

#BC3474 #BC3834 #BC7C34

triadic

#BC3834 #34BC38 #3834BC

tetradic

#BC3834 #74BC34 #34B8BC #7C34BC

square

#BC3834 #74BC34 #34B8BC #7C34BC

split-complementary

#BC3834 #34BC7C #3474BC

monochromatic

#5C1B19 #8C2A27 #BC3834 #D25F5B #DF8E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3834

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3834	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8776c',
    500: '#bc3834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3834;
$custom-light: #d8776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53655,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3834

secondary

#83C7C9

accent

#DBE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3834

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

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