#BC3919#BC3919

#BC3919 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.173 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3919
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 51.05, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 69.48, 42.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1426 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.173 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3803, 13.6913, 2.3838)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3919 #199CBC

analogous

#BC194B #BC3919 #BC8B19

triadic

#BC3919 #19BC39 #3919BC

tetradic

#BC3919 #4BBC19 #199CBC #8B19BC

square

#BC3919 #4BBC19 #199CBC #8B19BC

split-complementary

#BC3919 #19BC8B #194BBC

monochromatic

#50180B #862912 #BC3919 #E3522F #EB7F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#BC3919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BC3919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3919

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3919	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.173 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da775a',
    500: '#bc3919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3919;
$custom-light: #da775a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.779,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53486,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3919

secondary

#61BACF

accent

#CEF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3919

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

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