#BC3940#BC3940

#BC3940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3940
RGBrgb(188, 57, 64)
HSLhsl(357, 53%, 48%)
HSVhsv(357, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.22, 52.59, 26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(44.22, 58.82, 26.60°)
OKLaboklab(53.95% 0.155 0.0623)
OKLCHoklch(53.95% 0.167 21.9)
XYZxyz(23.1300, 13.9911, 6.3321)
Luminance0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3940 #39BCB5
analogous
#BC3981 #BC3940 #BC7339
triadic
#BC3940 #40BC39 #3940BC
tetradic
#BC3940 #81BC39 #39BCB5 #7339BC
square
#BC3940 #81BC39 #39BCB5 #7339BC
split-complementary
#BC3940 #39BC73 #3981BC
monochromatic
#5E1D20 #8D2B30 #BC3940 #D06368 #DE9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53
#BC3940 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80
#BC3940 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3940
5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3940#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC39401.005.533.805.53
#FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D573F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E733C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE123D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 21.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87874',
    500: '#bc3940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3940;
$custom-light: #d87874;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53949,
    "c": 0.16704,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3940
secondary
#88C9C5
accent
#DDD54B
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FCEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160908
muted
#847B7B

Preview Lab

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#BC3940 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva