#BC3841#BC3841

#BC3841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3841
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 53.04, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 58.89, 25.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1566 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1098, 13.9047, 6.4670)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3841 #38BCB3

analogous

#BC3883 #BC3841 #BC7138

triadic

#BC3841 #41BC38 #3841BC

tetradic

#BC3841 #83BC38 #38BCB3 #7138BC

square

#BC3841 #83BC38 #38BCB3 #7138BC

split-complementary

#BC3841 #38BC71 #3883BC

monochromatic

#5E1C20 #8D2A31 #BC3841 #D06169 #DE9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3841

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3841	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)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE103C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77775',
    500: '#bc3841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3841;
$custom-light: #d77775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53862,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3841

secondary

#87C9C4

accent

#DDD34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3841

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

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