#BC3939#BC3939

#BC3939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3939
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 57)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 52.21, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 60.42, 30.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1523 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.168 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9432, 13.9164, 5.3481)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3939 #39BCBC

analogous

#BC397A #BC3939 #BC7A39

triadic

#BC3939 #39BC39 #3939BC

tetradic

#BC3939 #7ABC39 #39BCBC #7A39BC

square

#BC3939 #7ABC39 #39BCBC #7A39BC

split-complementary

#BC3939 #39BC7A #397ABC

monochromatic

#5E1D1D #8D2B2B #BC3939 #D06363 #DE9292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3939

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3939	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786f',
    500: '#bc3939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3939;
$custom-light: #d8786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53834,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3939

secondary

#88C9C9

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3939

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

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