#BC3927#BC3927

#BC3927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.171 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3927
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 51.45, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 65.39, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1462 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.171 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.5710, 13.7675, 3.3880)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3927 #27AABC

analogous

#BC2760 #BC3927 #BC8327

triadic

#BC3927 #27BC39 #3927BC

tetradic

#BC3927 #60BC27 #27AABC #8327BC

square

#BC3927 #60BC27 #27AABC #8327BC

split-complementary

#BC3927 #27BC83 #2760BC

monochromatic

#571A12 #892A1C #BC3927 #D95947 #E3877A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC3927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3927

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3927	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)

#5F5524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.171 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97763',
    500: '#bc3927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3927;
$custom-light: #d97763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.248,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53605,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3927

secondary

#73C1CB

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3927

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

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