#BC3935#BC3935

#BC3935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3935
RGBrgb(188, 57, 53)
HSLhsl(2, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(2, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.06, 52.02, 32.68)
CIE-LCHlch(44.06, 61.43, 32.14°)
OKLaboklab(53.77% 0.1509 0.0746)
OKLCHoklch(53.77% 0.168 26.3)
XYZxyz(22.8473, 13.8780, 4.8432)
Luminance0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3935 #35B8BC
analogous
#BC3574 #BC3935 #BC7D35
triadic
#BC3935 #35BC39 #3935BC
tetradic
#BC3935 #74BC35 #35B8BC #7D35BC
square
#BC3935 #74BC35 #35B8BC #7D35BC
split-complementary
#BC3935 #35BC7D #3574BC
monochromatic
#5D1C1A #8C2B28 #BC3935 #D1605D #DF8F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56
#BC3935 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78
#BC3935 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3935
5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3935#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC39351.005.563.785.56
#FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E5633
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F7331
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF0D39
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 26.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786c',
    500: '#bc3935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3935;
$custom-light: #d8786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53775,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3935
secondary
#84C7C9
accent
#DBDF48
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160907
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

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#BC3935 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva