#BC3929#BC3929

#BC3929 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3929
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 51.52, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 64.80, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1469 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.17 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6050, 13.7811, 3.5671)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3929 #29ACBC

analogous

#BC2962 #BC3929 #BC8329

triadic

#BC3929 #29BC39 #3929BC

tetradic

#BC3929 #62BC29 #29ACBC #8329BC

square

#BC3929 #62BC29 #29ACBC #8329BC

split-complementary

#BC3929 #29BC83 #2962BC

monochromatic

#581B13 #8A2A1E #BC3929 #D85A4B #E3887D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3929

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3929	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97764',
    500: '#bc3929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3929;
$custom-light: #d97764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.531,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53626,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3929

secondary

#76C2CB

accent

#D5E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3929

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

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