#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
RGBrgb(188, 57, 48)
HSLhsl(4, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(4, 74%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.7%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.99, 51.79, 35.50)
CIE-LCHlch(43.99, 62.79, 34.42°)
OKLaboklab(53.71% 0.1491 0.0796)
OKLCHoklch(53.71% 0.169 28.1)
XYZxyz(22.7382, 13.8344, 4.2688)
Luminance0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##BC39301.005.583.775.58
#FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00

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

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#BC3930 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva