#BC3936#BC3936

#BC3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3936
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 52.07, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 61.17, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1512 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.168 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8705, 13.8873, 4.9656)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3936 #36B9BC

analogous

#BC3676 #BC3936 #BC7C36

triadic

#BC3936 #36BC39 #3936BC

tetradic

#BC3936 #76BC36 #36B9BC #7C36BC

square

#BC3936 #76BC36 #36B9BC #7C36BC

split-complementary

#BC3936 #36BC7C #3676BC

monochromatic

#5D1C1B #8C2B28 #BC3936 #D1615E #DF908E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3936

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3936	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786d',
    500: '#bc3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3936;
$custom-light: #d8786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53789,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3936

secondary

#85C8C9

accent

#DBDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3936

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

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