#BC3934#BC3934

#BC3934 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3934
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 51.97, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 61.70, 32.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1505 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.168 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8245, 13.8689, 4.7233)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3934 #34B7BC

analogous

#BC3473 #BC3934 #BC7D34

triadic

#BC3934 #34BC39 #3934BC

tetradic

#BC3934 #73BC34 #34B7BC #7D34BC

square

#BC3934 #73BC34 #34B7BC #7D34BC

split-complementary

#BC3934 #34BC7D #3473BC

monochromatic

#5C1C19 #8C2A27 #BC3934 #D2605B #DF8E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3934 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3934

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3934	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)

#5E5632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786c',
    500: '#bc3934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3934;
$custom-light: #d8786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53761,
    "c": 0.16845,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3934

secondary

#83C7C9

accent

#DAE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3934

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

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