#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
RGBrgb(188, 57, 25)
HSLhsl(12, 77%, 42%)
HSVhsv(12, 87%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.7%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.79, 51.05, 47.13)
CIE-LCHlch(43.79, 69.48, 42.71°)
OKLaboklab(53.49% 0.1426 0.0977)
OKLCHoklch(53.49% 0.173 34.4)
XYZxyz(22.3803, 13.6913, 2.3838)
Luminance0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##BC39191.005.623.745.62
#FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00
#0000003.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00

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

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#BC3919 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva