#BC3941#BC3941

#BC3941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3941
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 52.65, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 58.61, 26.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1554 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.167 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1587, 14.0026, 6.4833)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3941 #39BCB4

analogous

#BC3982 #BC3941 #BC7239

triadic

#BC3941 #41BC39 #3941BC

tetradic

#BC3941 #82BC39 #39BCB4 #7239BC

square

#BC3941 #82BC39 #39BCB4 #7239BC

split-complementary

#BC3941 #39BC72 #3982BC

monochromatic

#5E1D21 #8D2B31 #BC3941 #D06369 #DE9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3941

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3941	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77875',
    500: '#bc3941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3941;
$custom-light: #d77875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53967,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3941

secondary

#88C9C5

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3941

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

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