#BC3928#BC3928

#BC3928 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3928
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 40)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 51.48, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 65.10, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1465 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.17 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5878, 13.7742, 3.4764)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3928 #28ABBC

analogous

#BC2861 #BC3928 #BC8328

triadic

#BC3928 #28BC39 #3928BC

tetradic

#BC3928 #61BC28 #28ABBC #8328BC

square

#BC3928 #61BC28 #28ABBC #8328BC

split-complementary

#BC3928 #28BC83 #2861BC

monochromatic

#571A13 #8A2A1D #BC3928 #D85949 #E3877B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3928

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3928	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97763',
    500: '#bc3928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3928;
$custom-light: #d97763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.892,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53615,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3928

secondary

#75C1CB

accent

#D5E840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3928

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

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