#BC392B#BC392B

#BC392B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.170 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC392B
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 43)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 51.59, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 64.22, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1475 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.17 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6408, 13.7954, 3.7557)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC392B #2BAEBC

analogous

#BC2B65 #BC392B #BC812B

triadic

#BC392B #2BBC39 #392BBC

tetradic

#BC392B #65BC2B #2BAEBC #812BBC

square

#BC392B #65BC2B #2BAEBC #812BBC

split-complementary

#BC392B #2BBC81 #2B65BC

monochromatic

#581B14 #8A2A20 #BC392B #D65B4E #E28980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC392B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC392B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC392B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC392B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC392B	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)

#5F5628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc392b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.170 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97765',
    500: '#bc392b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc392b;
$custom-light: #d97765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc392b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.793,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53648,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC392B

secondary

#78C3CB

accent

#D6E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC392B

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

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