#BC3926#BC3926

#BC3926 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.171 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3926
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 51.41, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 65.69, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.1459 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.171 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5546, 13.7610, 3.3019)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3926 #26A9BC

analogous

#BC265E #BC3926 #BC8426

triadic

#BC3926 #26BC39 #3926BC

tetradic

#BC3926 #5EBC26 #26A9BC #8426BC

square

#BC3926 #5EBC26 #26A9BC #8426BC

split-complementary

#BC3926 #26BC84 #265EBC

monochromatic

#561A11 #892A1C #BC3926 #DA5846 #E48679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC3926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3926 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3926

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3926	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.171 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97762',
    500: '#bc3926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3926;
$custom-light: #d97762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53594,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3926

secondary

#72C0CC

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3926

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

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