#BC3932#BC3932

#BC3932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3932
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 51.88, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 62.24, 33.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1498 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.169 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7804, 13.8513, 4.4910)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3932 #32B5BC

analogous

#BC3270 #BC3932 #BC7E32

triadic

#BC3932 #32BC39 #3932BC

tetradic

#BC3932 #70BC32 #32B5BC #7E32BC

square

#BC3932 #70BC32 #32B5BC #7E32BC

split-complementary

#BC3932 #32BC7E #3270BC

monochromatic

#5B1C18 #8C2A25 #BC3932 #D35F58 #E08D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3932

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3932	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)

#5E5630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786a',
    500: '#bc3932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3932;
$custom-light: #d8786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.043,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53734,
    "c": 0.16875,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3932

secondary

#80C6C9

accent

#D9E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3932

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

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