#BC3836#BC3836

#BC3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3836
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 52.45, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 61.42, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1525 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.169 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8216, 13.7894, 4.9493)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3836 #36BABC

analogous

#BC3677 #BC3836 #BC7B36

triadic

#BC3836 #36BC38 #3836BC

tetradic

#BC3836 #77BC36 #36BABC #7B36BC

square

#BC3836 #77BC36 #36BABC #7B36BC

split-complementary

#BC3836 #36BC7B #3677BC

monochromatic

#5D1C1B #8C2A28 #BC3836 #D1605E #DF8F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3836

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3836	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8776d',
    500: '#bc3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3836;
$custom-light: #d8776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53684,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3836

secondary

#85C8C9

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3836

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

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