#BC3931#BC3931

#BC3931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3931
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 51.84, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 62.51, 33.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1495 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.169 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7591, 13.8428, 4.3787)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3931 #31B4BC

analogous

#BC316F #BC3931 #BC7F31

triadic

#BC3931 #31BC39 #3931BC

tetradic

#BC3931 #6FBC31 #31B4BC #7F31BC

square

#BC3931 #6FBC31 #31B4BC #7F31BC

split-complementary

#BC3931 #31BC7F #316FBC

monochromatic

#5B1C18 #8B2A24 #BC3931 #D35E57 #E08D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3931

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3931	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786a',
    500: '#bc3931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3931;
$custom-light: #d8786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53721,
    "c": 0.1689,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3931

secondary

#7FC5CA

accent

#D9E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3931

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

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