#BC3840#BC3840

#BC3840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3840
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 52.98, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 59.09, 26.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1562 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.168 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0810, 13.8932, 6.3158)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3840 #38BCB4

analogous

#BC3882 #BC3840 #BC7238

triadic

#BC3840 #40BC38 #3840BC

tetradic

#BC3840 #82BC38 #38BCB4 #7238BC

square

#BC3840 #82BC38 #38BCB4 #7238BC

split-complementary

#BC3840 #38BC72 #3882BC

monochromatic

#5E1C20 #8D2A30 #BC3840 #D06168 #DE9095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3840

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3840	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87774',
    500: '#bc3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3840;
$custom-light: #d87774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53844,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3840

secondary

#87C9C5

accent

#DDD54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3840

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

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