#BC3933#BC3933

#BC3933 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3933
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 51.93, 33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 61.97, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1502 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.169 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.8022, 13.8600, 4.6059)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3933 #33B6BC

analogous

#BC3372 #BC3933 #BC7E33

triadic

#BC3933 #33BC39 #3933BC

tetradic

#BC3933 #72BC33 #33B6BC #7E33BC

square

#BC3933 #72BC33 #33B6BC #7E33BC

split-complementary

#BC3933 #33BC7E #3372BC

monochromatic

#5C1C19 #8C2A26 #BC3933 #D25F5A #DF8E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3933 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3933

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3933	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)

#5E5631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786b',
    500: '#bc3933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3933;
$custom-light: #d8786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.628,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53747,
    "c": 0.1686,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3933

secondary

#81C6C9

accent

#DAE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3933

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

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