#BC3930#BC3930

#BC3930 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3930
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 48)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 51.79, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 62.79, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1491 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.169 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7382, 13.8344, 4.2688)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3930 #30B3BC

analogous

#BC306D #BC3930 #BC7F30

triadic

#BC3930 #30BC39 #3930BC

tetradic

#BC3930 #6DBC30 #30B3BC #7F30BC

square

#BC3930 #6DBC30 #30B3BC #7F30BC

split-complementary

#BC3930 #30BC7F #306DBC

monochromatic

#5A1B17 #8B2A24 #BC3930 #D45E55 #E08C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC3930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3930

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3930	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87869',
    500: '#bc3930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3930;
$custom-light: #d87869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53708,
    "c": 0.16906,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3930

secondary

#7EC5CA

accent

#D8E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3930

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

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